"These decisions are definitely part of Israel broader systematic efforts to dismantle UNRWA and the issue of Palestinian refugees and the right of return under resolution 194," says Palestinian minister of state for foreign affairs Varsen Aghabekian Shahin during a presser in West Bank's Ramallah attended by foreign diplomats. Israel formally notified the United Nations it was cutting ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation vital to the occupied territories. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES