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Monthly Archives: December 2014
‘Fix UNRWA’ elicits boycott call
A LIVELY Opinion published in last week’s Intermountain Jewish News has garnered calls for boycott from a top advocate for Palestinian refugees.
The op-ed by Bassem Eid, “As a proud Palestinian, I say: Palestinians must...
Hamas flexes military might in anniversary parade
Vowing to destroy Israel, Hamas shows off some 2,000 of its soldiers as well as weaponry during a parade to mark its 27th anniversary. Mana Rabiee reports.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/hamas-flexes-military-might-anniversary-214555225.html
Europeans Fund Anti-Israel Libels
In May 2014, Zochrot—a radical Israeli nongovernmental organization (NGO)—was the focus of widespread mainstream media coverage featuring itsiNakba mobile application (app). Articles on the app and Zochrot were published in The New York Times,...
The Shin Bet, the PA and the UN
On Monday, the Shin Bet security agency revealed that it had uncovered a terrorist cell in Judea and Samaria that conspired to mass murder Israelis. The announcement that the plot had been thwarted came...
Rising above personal attacks, the time has come to examine UNRWA policy
United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness launched personal attacks this week against a Palestinian critic of UNRWA who wrote an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post, followed by a vitriolic attack against...
An open letter to Malala Yousafzai from Bassem Eid, a Palestinian Human Rights Activist
Dear Malala
We hear that you are receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today in honor of your activity for peace in Pakistan.
I congratulate you for your courage and for not being afraid to fight radical...
Senior UNRWA Official Again Distorts Palestinian Fatality Figures from Gaza War
Despite mounting evidence that up to 50 percent of the fatalities recorded during the July-August 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza may have been terrorists, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
Israeli Paper Responds to UNRWA’s Shocking Boycott Call
Last week Chris Gunness, a spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency, had a lengthy temper tantrum on twitter.
The object of that tantrum, the Jerusalem Post‘s editor-in-chief, Steve Linde, responded publicly today.
Linde...
Palestinian Human Rights Activist: Boycott of Israel “Big Hoax”
Blogger “Elder of Ziyon” published a translated interview with Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid yesterday. The interview with Eid was originally conducted in Hebrew by Ishai Friedman and was published on his blog.
One...
US calls on UNRWA to ‘uphold neutrality’ after call to boycott ‘Post’
The State Department is calling on personnel at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to “uphold its stated policy of neutrality,” after its spokesman, Chris Gunness,...
