U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is pushing back on Israel’s efforts to stymie the United Nations Relief Works Agency from operating within its borders.

Her comments come days after the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees approved two bills designed to bar the U.N. agency for Palestinians from operating “any institution, provide any service, or conduct any activity, whether directly or indirectly,” in Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post.