Israel squeezing UN Palestinian refugee agency ahead of polls: chief

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Israeli government is squeezing the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees ahead of elections in Israel in an effort to boost its appeal to voters, the agency's leader said. UNRWA's acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders said Israel was being "extremely difficult" about letting in vital supplies like engine oil to Gaza for relief operations while permitting luxury commercial products.