UN / EAST JERUSALEM UNRWA

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that Israeli forces and personnel from the Jerusalem Municipality have “forcefully entered” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Kalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem, “and ordered its immediate evacuation.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:42
• Production Date: 18 February 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC; PHILIPPE LAZZARINI
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL; EDUCATION; VIOLENCE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: PALESTINE; ISRAEL
• MAMS Id: 3340124
• Parent Id: 3340124
• Alternate Title: unifeed250218l

Description

STORY: UN / EAST JERUSALEM UNRWA
TRT: 01:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 18 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

18 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Israeli forces and personnel from the Jerusalem Municipality have forcefully entered the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre and ordered its immediate evacuation. At least 350 students and 30 staff were present and were affected. Tear gas and sound bombs were fired.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Israeli police officers, accompanied by staff members from the Municipality, went to UNRWA schools and ordered their closure. Today’s incidents have impacted 250 students in three UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem and the 350 trainees in the Kalandia Training Centre.”
7. Med shot, journalists
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“That the Secretary-General strongly condemns the breach of the inviolability of United Nations premises in occupied East Jerusalem, including the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre, and the attempt to forcibly enter three UNRWA schools and to seek their closure. The use of tear gas and sound bombs in educational environments while students are learning is both unnecessary and unacceptable. This is a clear violation of Israel’s obligations under international law, including obligations concerning the privileges and immunities of the UN and its personnel.  The inviolability of United Nations premises must be respected at all times. The internal law of Israel does not alter international legal obligations, nor can it provide any justification for their breach.”
9. Wide shot, end of briefing

Storyline

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (18 Feb) told journalists in New York that Israeli forces and personnel from the Jerusalem Municipality have “forcefully entered” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Kalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem, “and ordered its immediate evacuation.”

Dujarric said, “at least 350 students and 30 staff were present and were affected. Tear gas and sound bombs were fired.”

Also, this morning, the spokesperson continued, “Israeli police officers, accompanied by staff members from the Municipality, went to UNRWA schools and ordered their closure.”

Today’s incidents, he said, “have impacted 250 students in three UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem and the 350 trainees in the Kalandia Training Centre.”

Dujarric noted that Secretary-General’s António Guterres “strongly” condemned today’s incidents.

He said, “the use of tear gas and sound bombs in educational environments while students are learning is both unnecessary and unacceptable. This is a clear violation of Israel’s obligations under international law, including obligations concerning the privileges and immunities of the UN and its personnel.  The inviolability of United Nations premises must be respected at all times. The internal law of Israel does not alter international legal obligations, nor can it provide any justification for their breach.”