Monthly Archives: August 2018

Following the recent clashes between Hamas in Gaza with the Israeli army, the Islamic Republic has not only dispatched large amounts of arms, financial support and operative forces for the Palestinians: The Iranans...

With a new round of fighting around the corner, at the threshold of the Jewish New Year, the time has come to reconsider ways to welcome the media who will arrive in droves once...

–David Bedein The White House is seeking to withhold up to $200 million in relief aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, severing a vital humanitarian lifeline at a time of...

Today, Reps. Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) and Scott Perry (R, PA-4) requested a mandatory declassification review of the classified report following the investigation of Palestinian Authority textbooks used by the United Nations Relief and...

The condition of Palestinian human rights is one that has been of considerable concern to international observers and policymakers. The protection and safeguarding of the fundamental rights of Palestinians is a matter that not...

Over that past month, members of the US House Middle East Subcommittee raised concerns that humanitarian aid does not reach the Palestinian population, especially in Gaza. The Center for Near East Policy Research, CFNEPR, contacted...

We should ask ourselves, again, and again, how we got into the situation in which we have found ourselves. The question is of key importance, because the situation is intolerable. After months of enduring violence...

David Bedein responds to NYT piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-ceasefire-war.html "Israel and Hamas Trade Blows Again. Was That a Negotiating Tactic?" – (NYT August 9, 2018) does not address the reason why Gazans fire on Beer Sheva. The Gaza war is...

 Saras UNRWA presentation (PPT)

Those who are regular Synagogue attendees will know that at the moment we are reading and making our way through the Book of Devarim. This is basically Moshe’s farewell address to the tribes of Israel...