Monthly Archives: May 2014

UNRWA works closely with a wide range of partners - from the smallest local NGOs to sister UN organisations with global mandates, each with unique resources and strengths - in order to deliver the...

http://de.stopthebomb.net/en/press/press-releases.html#c2869 Press Release, May 30, 2014 On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 senior members of the Bundestag, the German Parliament, invite the Iranian Ambassador Alireza Sheikh Attar to a fireside chat in the "Parlamentarische Gesellschaft" opposite the...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/21/how-unrwa-perpetuates-the-palestinian-crisis-review/ UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was created in 1949 after the Arabs rejected the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine, and five Arab armies...

Mohammed Assaf, the 24 year old UNRWA resident who won the Arab Idol song competition has become an overnight and worldwide sensation. His victory song was entitled “Raise Your Keffiyah” a PLO anthem and...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/conflicting-indykations-writes-michael-kuttner/42569#more-42569 Nothing is predictable in politics and international events, especially in this part of the world. However even a novice could have foretold that those who tried to destroy Israel in 1948 and have been...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4523523,00.html Two young Palestinians were killed during the Nakba Day protests. Footage from security camera raises questions about the statement released by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, which said there was no use of live ammunition...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4324/hamas-unity-terrorism-west-bank The international community does not seem to be listening to what Hamas is saying. Hamas is telling everyone not to believe Abbas when he say that the Palestinian Unity Government will renounce violence and...

Slowly but surely Israel is pivoting toward the East. Years ago that would have been a most unexpected development. After all, most of Israel’s population originated from Europe, and most of its leadership had...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63915 Dear Dr. Kobi Michael, I read with great interest your article, "Jenin Estates" and a Paradigm Shift in Israeli-Palestinian Discourse: From the Discourse on National Rights to the Discourse on Human Rights, and was hoping...

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/israel-egypt-security-cooperation-netanyahu-livni-nuclear.html An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 kilometers (256 miles) northeast of Cairo, Oct. 26, 2011. (photo by...