At the center is UNRWA, created in 1949 as a temporary humanitarian body and transformed into a permanent political institution. That anomaly has long insulated UNRWA from accountability while entrenching a narrative rather than solving a humanitarian problem. Israel’s claim is that immunity cannot be a forever shield for a vacated compound on land the state says it owns. None of this resolves the larger questions surrounding East Jerusalem or Palestinian political aspirations. If international law is to command respect, it must be applied in good faith — and good faith requires confronting uncomfortable facts about UNRWA itself.