Monthly Archives: September 2018

From Munich to Oslo and beyond

If anyone believed that the New Year would usher in an era of peace and harmony they should have had their fantasies rudely shattered…writes Michael Kuttner. I use the word “should” because unfortunately there are still...

Lobbing softball questions to UNRWA- letter published in the Jerusalem Post. Sept. 26, 2018

Your interview with UNRWA director general Pierre Krähenbühl (“UNRWA HEAD tells ‘Post’: You can’t just wish away a people and then hope the problem goes away” (September 12), http://jpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx ) was flawed by questions...

PM Netanyahu’s Speech to the UN General Assembly

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Thursday, 27 September 2018), addressed the UN General Assembly: "Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, When I spoke here, three years ago, Israel stood alone among...

EU to withhold €15 million from PA over incitement in textbooks if bill passes

{The "Knesset Lobby for UNRWA Reform" asked the Belgian govt to look into our investigation of PA/UNRWA school books - Belgium was the main publisher of the PA/UNRWA school books, between 2001 and 2016....

UNRWA’s Message of Hate and Indoctrination

The education of Palestinian schoolchildren must change drastically if there is ever to be a lasting negotiated peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why? Because these schools have been inciting three generations of young...

Bedein on ILVTV : One billion dollars in UNRWA donations missing

David Bedein, Director Of Israel Resource News Agency speaking at ILTV Studio about how the Palestinian aid agency claims destitution while collecting nearly $1 billion.

Historic Maps of Jewish-Owned Lands in Gush Etzion

Attached are photos showing historic maps of lands in Gush Etzion purchased for Jewish settlement by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). One of my friends at the JNF asked Shani Simkovitz, of the Gush Etzion...

UN Raises Funds for UNRWA Financial Crisis That Does Not Exist

As of December 31, 2017, UNRWA posted a financial statement that its income rested at a stable $1.2 billion, stemming from donations from 68 donor nations and 27 other sources. https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/overalldonor_ranking.pdf Yet on September 27, The...

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 29 – September 4, 2018) The "return march" and Gaza flotillas continued this past Friday. Rioters threw stones, burned tires and broke into Israeli territory in the...

Further proof of the “dual identity” of operatives in the Gaza Strip security services

On September 5, 2018, the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip issued an announcement on the death of Muqaddam (Lieutenant Colonel) Abdel Rahim Ahmad Ahmad Abbas (Abu Abbas). He had served as chief...