Israel Denies Visa Renewal for Senior UN Humanitarian Official
21st July 2025
srael has refused to renew the visa for Jonathan Whittall, the senior U.N. aid official for the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Sunday, reports The New York Times.
Saar cited “biased and hostile conduct against Israel” by Whittall as the reason.
Eri Kaneko, spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said visas for U.N. staff were recently renewed for shorter periods than usual and access requests to Gaza were denied for multiple agencies.