Monthly Archives: January 2016

[Change in 1997 because of Oslo!] U.S. West Bank Country of Origin Marking Requirements

Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: While the timing of the reminder issued 23 January 2016 is hardly just a technical matter it is noteworthy that the original notice in the Federal Register from March 14, 1997,...

פיקוח על תרומות המועברות לארגון אונרא ומניעת העברתן לידי חמאס

הנדון: העברת חומרי בנייה ל אונר"א ללא תנאים האם מערכת הביטחון מאשרת העברת חומרי בניה לבתי ספר בעזה של האונר"א בלי לדרוש הוצאת ארגון החמאס מצוות המורים  מבתי הספר הללו   - ובלי  לדרוש הפסקת הכשרה...
Hamas' new social media campaign hit a stumbling block when its #AskHamas hashtag on Twitter was appropriated by critics, who used it to mock the Palestinian group. Palestinian boys are pictured here holding Hamas flags in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 30, 2015. Reuters/Mohammed Salem

האם המינהל האזרחי מאפשר פיתוח תשתית הטרור בעזה

דוד בדין, מנהל המערכת הצוות שלנו ערכה ראיון ביולי 2015 עם דובר של המינהל האזרחי במחסום ארז שאלה: ספר לנו על הארגון שבו אתה עובד. ת:אני עובד במנהלת התיאום והקישור לרצועת עזה (CLA). הארגון הוא ארגון בתוך...

Our agency facilitated an informal briefing for US embassy officials at the Knesset, with...

Last week, our agency facilitated an informal briefing for US embassy officials at the Knesset, with experts on the subject of UNRWA policies. The following letter to the US Ambassador to Israel presents five...

Breaking: US will label products areas acquired by Israel as “made in the west...

Breaking: US will label products areas acquired by Israel as "made in the west bank" - not "made Israel Click Here.

See PA textbook incitement for yourself – funded by the US taxpayer

Last July, our agency raised concerns ​at the US Congress ​about current PA school books used in US-funded UNRWA schools. We have worked on this issue for the past 16 years. ​When the new PA school books...

Palestinian Authority Textook Study Project

SPECIAL REPORT: Israel and the Jews in the Newest Palestinian Authority (PA) Schoolbooks taught in PA and UNRWA Schools: De-legitimization, Demonization, Advocacy of Violent Struggle rather than Peace, Jihad, Martyrdom and the 'Right of...

I de nya palestinska (PA) Skolverket undervisas det om Israel och Judar i PA...

Produceras för en rättvis och laglig gemensam strävan, Israeliska Legal Forum och Centrum för Nära Östen Policy forskning. Förord: En företrädare för det amerikanska utrikesdepartementet besökte vårt center i juli 2015 och försäkrade vår personal att...

Poisoned Wells Allegation of Human Rights Groups

The "Jews poison wells" theme has resurfaced. Last year, during a trip to the UK Parliament, our delegation of UNRWA experts was scheduled to meet an MP from the UK Parliament who refused to meet us. Why? Because the MP had taken a...

Palestinian Textbooks: From Arafat to Abbas and Hamas

For many years Palestinian schools in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip used textbooks published by the Jordanian and Egyptian authorities, respectively. Even under Israeli rule, between the years 1967 and 1994, those...