Israel to establish defense offices in former UNRWA East Jerusalem compound

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved a plan to build a defense compound on the site of the recently demolished premises of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in East Jerusalem. Israel in January demolished structures inside the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound after seizing the site last year, in an act condemned by the agency as a violation of international law. – Israel to establish defense offices in former UNRWA East Jerusalem compound