Monthly Archives: February 2018

The case for shuttering UNRWA schools’ doors closed…permanently

The US government decision to suspend funds to UNRWA schools until reforms take place in UNRWA has raised some eyebrows. Why did the US suspend funds to UNRWA in the first place? Since 1999, Hamas has...

Editorial: UNRWA reform, and a new beginning

For some, the thought of President Trump’s decision to withhold $65 million in pledged aid to a United Nations agency that provides food, housing, and education to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza...

Priorities

Decisions made by political leaders and those in authority usually reflect their priorities…writes Michael Kuttner. It is thus easy to ascertain despite any accompanying media spin exactly what their real intentions are and how they...

Australian Handout An Aid To extremism

ON 29 May 2012, then-minister for foreign affairs Bob Carr signed an agreement with then-UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) head Filippo Grandi, to provide $90 million for Palestinian refugees for...

Gaza ‘humanitarian crisis’ actually a ‘hoax,’ experts maintain

The world press is filled with stories of an alleged “humanitarian crisis” underway in the Gaza Strip. IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot gave credence to the stories this week when he told the...

The Palestinian Authority, senior Palestinian religious leaders and local figures in east ...

In recent months Palestinians have been waging a campaign in Jerusalem to prevent the introduction of the Israeli curriculum into Palestinian educational institutions in east Jerusalem. The campaign was accelerated in recent weeks, apparently...

Reporter to UNRWA: ‘Where has all the flour gone?’

The Israel Resource News Agency and Center for Near East Policy Research, an agency founded by American immigrant David Bedein in Jerusalem retains local professional (read that "Arabic speaking") journalists who cover UNRWA facilities...

DAVID BEDEIN: LEADING THE FIGHT FOR THE UNRWA REFORM INITIATIVE

For more than thirty years, David Bedein, social worker and investigative reporter, has worked to bring the reality of UNRWA to public attention. Why? Unlike any other refugee agency in the world, UNRWA keeps millions...