Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth arrived at the High Court of Justice on Monday morning for a hearing on a petition against the UNRWA law he initiated. He was accompanied by Kobi Samerano, whose son Yonatan was kidnapped and murdered by an UNRWA terrorist. Bismuth said: 'I ask whether the High Court has become the public defender of Hamas supporters.'
Boaz Bismuth, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, arrived at the High Court of Justice on Monday for a hearing on a petition against the UNRWA law he spearheaded. The law, passed by the Knesset, restricts the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Israel. Bismuth was accompanied by Kobi Samerano, whose son Yonatan was kidnapped and murdered by an UNRWA terrorist. In a statement, Bismuth questioned the court's stance, saying: 'I ask whether the High Court has become the public defender of Hamas supporters.' The hearing is ongoing.
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