US officials in charge of current american UNRWA policy

Izzo Jackson, NancySenior Bureau OfficialBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Albright, RichardActing Principal Deputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Cross, SarahDeputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Youth, Marta CostanzoDeputy...

Full study of school books now used by UNRWA & the Palestinian Authority

No recognition of the existence of the State of Israel: the map of the countries of the Arab homeland as it appears in a PA textbook published in 2017. Palestine appears on the map...

After approving renewed aid to UNRWA, Why does the US refuse to send funds...

This week, UNRWA issued crying appeals to the world. claiming poverty, complaining that the US did not deliver the $235 Million that the US had prromised to deliver. It would seem highy unusual for the...

Comments on the 2021 Georg Eckert Institute’s Report on Palestinian Textbooks

(This piece was first published by IMPACT-SE: https://www.impact-se.org/a-middle-east-scholars-evaluation-of-the-george-eckert-institute-report-on-palestinian-textbooks/) The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research has recently completed a research of 174 textbooks and 16 teachers' guides for grades 1-12 published by the Palestinian...

Israel, Jews and Peace in the New PA Textbooks Used in UNRWA Schools Today...

Introduction This paper is the final update of two former studies. The first one, titled "UNRWA's Problematic Educational Role in the Middle East Conflict", was issued in September 2017. It reviewed UNRWA's role in perpetuating...

UNRWA’s Misuse of Donor Funds

UNRWA’s mandate has been renewed by the UN General Assembly for the past 70 years, and its current mandate is set to expire on June 30, 2020. Yet, as additional countries join the ranks of...

Does a Palestinian “Right of Return” Exist in International Law?

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 21, No. 23 On November 9, 2021, the Fourth (Special Political) Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted by a 160-1 vote a draft...
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Make sure that the US Congress hears about conditions for UNRWA funding renewal

On June 8, 2021, The US Congress will begin to consider renewed US funding for UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. which oversees 59 "temporary" refugee facilities for five million descendants...

Hamas ‘Summer Camp’ Registration Video Shows Military Training for Palestinians Age 9 and Up

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the terrorist wing of Hamas, are registering Palestinians at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and elsewhere for summer camp this week. Dubbed “Pioneers of Return” summer camps,...

Biden gesture to his Jewish voters : Deny assistance to anyone who honors those...

Indications are that a majority of Jewish Americans voted for Joe Biden in the recent US presidential election. It is entirely plausible that the Jewish enthusiasm in this tight race served to turn the tide...