Israel to Stop Granting Automatic Visas for UN Employees Over Suspicion of Hamas Ties

‘We will stop working with those who cooperate with the Hamas terrorist organization’s propaganda’: Israeli minister of foreign affairs.

A flag of the United Nations flies in front of the U.N. headquarters in Geneva in a file photo. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Israel stated on Dec. 26 that it will stop granting automatic visas for U.N. employees while accusing the United Nations of being “complicit partners” in Hamas’s “propaganda.”

Instead, the nation will consider visa requests from U.N. employees on a “case-by-case basis,” according to government spokesman Eylon Levy.