Monthly Archives: April 2019

Former US State Dept official, now a lobbyist for UNRWA, writes a tendentious ...

Elizabeth Campbell directs the UNRWA lobby in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining forces with UNRWA, Campbell acted as the "humanitarian policy adviser" in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the Department of State, where...

The 6th Palestinian BDS Campaign Conference, Held in al-Bireh: The decisions and their significance

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) held its sixth conference in al-Bireh (Ramallah) on March 16, 2019. 1 Present were Palestinian BDS campaign activists; representatives from the PLO, Fatah and the National Initiative Movement (a...

Interview with Cooper: Germany Must Step Up

Rabbi Abraham Cooper gave an interview on my debut interview show on Germany’s popular political blog/magazine, Die Achse Des Guten (“The Axis of God”), named such in part because it is one of the few media outlets that is...

Lucky dip on election day

When we were growing up in Wellington many years ago (a bygone era – never to return) the highlight of the Jewish community’s social calendar and Zionist fundraising was the annual Jewish National Fund...

What the Trump Middle East Plan of the Century Needs Most: PEACE EDUCATION

US President Donald Trump passionately works for renewal of peace talks between Israel and Palestinian Authority. In that context, Trump has released his “deal of the century,” to occur after the Israeli elections on...

To Destroy Jerusalem by Howard Kaplan

TO DESTROY JERUSALEM, Kaplan’s fifth gripping Middle East thriller, is his longest and most ambitious to date. A historical novel set in 1990, the action races around the globe from Jerusalem, to Rio de...

With a Song In His Heart

The cleric whom I called "My Hazz", Cantor Sherwood Goffen, has passed away. More than forty years ago, it was my honor to pray at the Lincoln Square Synagogue while I lived in New York,...

How Sen James Risch (R-Idaho) forced The US State Dep’t to become transparent about...

From: Center For Near East Policy Research Lt  Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2019 Subject: How Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) forced State Dep’t to become transparent about UNRWA David Bedein Director, Israel Resource News Agency and The Center for...