Monthly Archives: August 2014

UNRWA Hamas Link Comes Under Senate Scrutiny

YERUSHALAYIM (Hamodia Staff) - Several U.S. senators are calling for an investigation into the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) during the war in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reported on...

UNRWA is a millstone around Gaza’s neck

Ever since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, the economy there has been based on two main "export" industries: humanitarian aid and providing terrorism services. In order to continue financing its activity, Hamas needs...

Video of UNRWA Camps Showing Children Calling for Jihad Attracts Renewed Attention

A video of summer camps run by UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is making the rounds on pro-Israel social media networks again with footage...

Policy Paper for Submission to the UN. UNRWA as a Convenient Surrogate for Terrorists...

Introduction The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was founded in 1950, with its' stated goals of providing“education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance and emergency assistance” for over...

Why Everything Reported from Gaza is Crazy Twisted

http://www.thetower.org/article/why-everything-reported-from-gaza-is-crazy-twisted/ You’re seeing civilians dying and suffering in Gaza. You’re seeing the destruction Israel’s military operation against Hamas has caused. You’re hearing from Israel that Hamas is firing rockets from crowded neighborhoods, using helpless Gaza civilians...

The Settler, by Orit Arfa

Like the thousands who made their lives in the rural settlement of Gush Katif in Gaza, college freshman Sarah Dakar didn’t believe the Israel Defense Force would dare kick Jews out of their homes...

Video of UNRWA Camps Showing Children Calling for Jihad Attracts Renewed Attention

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/08/09/video-of-unrwa-camps-showing-children-calling-for-jihad-%20attracts-renewed-attention/ A video of summer camps run by UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is making the rounds on pro-Israel social media networks again with footage...

What Is to Be Done About Gaza?

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/done-gaza-2/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Operation Protective Edge has not weakened or threatened Hamas enough to encourage them to accept a ceasefire. Israel has no choice but to continue to attack Hamas. Talks of reconquering Gaza are...

From Ben Gurion Airport to Vienna: My Ride with the Volunteer Pilot and Saed...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4359&sec=1&title=From_Ben_Gurion_Airport_to__Vienna:__My_Ride_with_the_Volunteer_Pilot_and_Saed_the_Antisemite DISPATCH FROM STEFANIE HOTEL IN VIENNA Last week, I learned suddenly that Austrian airlines resumed its flight to Vienna from Israel and I began to pack up quickly. Given the climate of anti-Semitism that has...

The tragedy of Gaza’s dual economy

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-tragedy-of-gazas-dual-econo On either side of the Gaza-Israel divide, hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. That means livelihoods are destroyed or close to ruins. Because of the greater loss of life and larger physical destruction, the...