UNRWA intends to expand its partnerships with other UN agencies and international organizations to address the financial crisis of the Agency. This approach constitutes an actual implementation of the strategy to disrupt UNRWA, as per pressure applied to it by the US and other allies complicit in Israel’s colonization. The strategy aims to first, transfer UNRWA’s responsibilities to host countries, and/or UN agencies and international organizations, and to second, end the political dimension of the Palestinian refugee issue and limit it to humanitarian needs.175 Importantly, UNRWA is at the center of these attacks because it acts as an international institutional reminder to Israel and the international community of the continued existence of Palestinian refugees and of Israeli violations and crimes. By disparaging UNRWA, the goal is to close the chapter on the Palestinian refugee issue and remove the topic from the political discourse of the international community. 1.3.6. Increased Israeli Impunity Despite the extensive evidence that Israel is carrying out systematic violations against the Palestinian people and is subjecting them to a system of apartheid, no international accountability measure has been implemented to date. As described by UN High Commissioner for Human Right Michelle Bachelet, Israel enjoys a culture of global impunity,176 which is a consequence of several factors. Israel and its allies aggressively orchestrate strategic efforts to shut down any criticism of its racist policies and to rather persuade states, international organizations, and individuals that there is no substance to garner such discussions. In 2021, following the ICC’s decision to open an inquiry into suspected war crimes committed by Israel,177 former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu accused the court of “hypocrisy and antisemitism,” while the foreign minister referred to it as a “biased institution that has lost all legitimacy.” In agreement, the US referred to the ICC’s inquiry as an action that “seek[s] to target Israel unfairly” and that the Court “has no jurisdiction over this matter.”178 Shortly after, Bensouda resigned, and the inquiry has not advanced much since.179 Israel and its allies had previously embarked on a similar witch hunt in 2017 following the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western 175 GPRN and others, ‘The GPRN and Palestinian organizations in Palestine and in exile address an open letter to the UNRWA Advisory Committee in response to the statements of Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini’ (BADIL, 2022) <https://www.badil.org/press-releases/13182.html> accessed 3 October 2022.. 176 UN News, ‘Israel: UN rights chief calls for end to “culture of impunity”’ (UN News, 14 May 2022) <https://news. un.org/en/story/2022/05/1118272> accessed 3 October 2022. 177 UN News, ‘ICC Prosecutor opens probe into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine’ (UN News, 4 March 202) <https:// news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086342> accessed 3 October 2022. 178 Deutsche Welle (DW), ‘ICC to investigate reported war crimes in Palestinian territories’ (DW, 3 March 2021) <https:// www.dw.com/en/icc-to-investigate-reported-war-crimes-in-palestinian-territories/a-56759912> accessed 3 October 2022. 179 Al Jazeera, ‘ICC to elect new prosecutor after failing to reach consensus’ (Al Jazeera, 12 February 2021) <https:// www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/12/top-icc-job-goes-to-a-vote-after-failure-to-agree-on-prosecutor> accessed 3 October 2022. 34