Daily Archives: June 24, 2016

State of the Union

By the time you read this, the results of the British referendum will be known…writes Michael Kuttner. Whether the UK remains or exits the European Union the repercussions of its decision will be felt by...

Gaza UNRWA director Bo Schack complains about the humanitarian situation for the residents of...

Interview: UNRWA official urges efforts to ease humanitarian crisis in Gaza A senior United Nations (UN) official has said that the Palestinian population in Gaza in general, and refugees in particular, have suffered enough, urging...

Filmmaker calls for UNRWA ‘self-introspection’ over Palestinian classroom incitement

A newly released 10-minute online video produced by the Jerusalem-based Center for Near East Policy Research says that many of the Palestinians who have murdered Israelis during the so-called “stabbing intifada,” which began in...

President Mahmoud Abbas: The Palestinian “Untouchable”

For many years, Palestinians hoped that one day they would enjoy public freedoms under the leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA), like the freedoms their neighbors in Israel have. But more than two...

Arab Peace Initiative Is Negotiable, Saudi Arabia and Jordan Say

The murderous bombing attack by the ISIS organization against a Jordanian outpost at the junction of Jordan’s borders with Iraq and Syria reinforces Jordan’s new needs in dealing with the Palestinian problem. The closing...