AMMAN

Using commercial advertisement including billboards in several cities around the world and paid Google ads on multiple websites, the Government of Israel has stepped up its disinformation campaign against UNRWA.  

These ads are the latest in a series of a wider campaign against UNRWA by the Government of Israel, which continues to publicly call for dismantling the Agency.  

This latest global effort by a UN member state to label a UN agency as a terror organisation may amount to hate speech using corporations that are supposed to promote commercial products.  

This campaign is creating immense reputational damage to UNRWA, currently the   largest humanitarian provider for people in Gaza living through an excruciating war.  These ads can put the lives of UNRWA personnel at serious risk.  

Since the war began, 251 UNRWA team members were killed in the war in Gaza. Two thirds of the UNRWA buildings in Gaza have been hit, many directly or several times.  

Those responsible for the spread of disinformation, including advertisement companies must stop and be held accountable. Regulations must be put in place to control the spread of such damaging and possibly dangerous messages.