Goodbye Gaza, Hello Hamas

Anyone who believes that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza has even the remotest chance of fostering a spirit of reconciliation among Palestinians ought to consider the ongoing, venomous declarations of 60-year-old Mahmoud al Zahar, the...

Urgent NGO Appeal to End Syria’s Ramadan Massacre

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2. aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1330815&ct=11106989 H. E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre President, Human Rights Council United Nations Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Aug. 9, 2011 Dear Madam President, We, an international coalition of non-governmental and human rights organizations, urge the UN Human Rights Council to end...

UNRWA schools continue teaching Palestinian children to wage war on Israel

Elizabeth Campbell, head of the Washington Representative Office for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wrote a piece on April 5 in The New York Times in response to an April 2 article in the same newspaper by...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 19

Summary The mosque sermon of Friday noon broadcast on VOP concentrated on an Islamic justification for the execution of "traitors" and "agents," while comparing Israel to a "cancer" in the region and characterizing the White...

UNESCO and Jerusalem –  Only the tip of the Iceberg

The resolution passed by UNESCO this week which declared that Judaism has no connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall compound in Jerusalem is only the tip of the iceberg. Other diplomatic decisions concerning...

DORE GOLD: THE PALESTINIANS RESURRECT THE PARTITION PLAN

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1836&sec=1& title=DORE_GOLD:_THE_PALESTINIANS_RESURRECT_THE_PARTITION_PLAN Whoever thinks that U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 - the famous Partition Plan - from Nov. 29, 1947, is for historians of the Middle East alone, is not aware of the role that the...

Moscow aims to host ‘meaningful’ Israeli-Palestinian talks

An Israeli-Palestinian summit in Moscow would be a “thoroughly prepared” event aimed at reviving the reconciliation process, rather than yet another meeting for the sole purpose of holding talks, the Russian Foreign Ministry says. -Moscow...

UNRWA Briefs Partners on Allegations of Staff Misconduct over Humanitarian Principles

Yesterday, senior executives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) briefed partners on allegations of hate-speech recently levied against several Agency staff members. The allegations,...

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...

[COMMENTARY FROM DAVID BEDEIN: LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO UNRWA; HERE IT IS:]

Jordan Opens Desert Refugee CampMiddle East Newsline Jordan has opened a massive Syrian refugee camp deep in the desert. The United Nations has overseen a Jordanian tent city that could house up to 130,000 people who...