Monthly Archives: July 2019

Netherlands, Switzerland suspend UNRWA funding over ethics report

The Netherlands and Switzerland have suspended their funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after an ethics report revealed alleged mismanagement and abuse of authority at its highest levels. The findings in the internal report, first published...

International Law and the Jewish People’s Right to the Land of Israel

Rewriting history by labeling the Territories under Israel control “Occupied Territories,” the Jewish Settlements as an “Obstacle to Peace” and not legitimate,” thus endowing them with an aura of bogus statehood and a false...

ILTV: Leaked report reveals UNRWA corruption

Dr. Martin Sherman, founder & executive director of the IISS and David Bedein, Director of the Center for Near East Policy are in the ILTV studio to discuss the UN investigation of new accusations...

Greenblatt calls for probe into UNRWA ethical abuses

US Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, responded on Monday to the publication of a UN ethics report which found mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of UNRWA, the UN...

Switzerland suspends UNRWA funding amid corruption allegations

Switzerland on Tuesday said it was suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian Arab refugees after an ethics report revealed alleged mismanagement and abuse of authority at the agency's highest levels. The internal report by UNRWA's own...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 17 – 23 , 2019)

On Friday, July 19, 2019, the return march in the Gaza Strip was held with about 6,500 participants (similar to the previous week). Acts of violence included attempts to sabotage the security fence,...

Report alleges ethical abuses at UN agency for Palestinians

An internal ethics report has alleged mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees even as the organisation faced an unprecedented crisis after US funding cuts. The...

Who blinks first?

This very apt quote succinctly sums up the current international situation as well as focusing our memories on past disastrous events when weak-kneed appeasement masquerading under the false banner of diplomacy enabled and empowered...

The Palestinian Mufti’s War Against the Jews

 This month marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Amin al-Husseini, the one-time Grand Mufti of Jerusalem — and a Nazi collaborator. Hailed as a “pioneer” by current Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas,...

The myth of Hebron’s Shuhada Street

Shuhada Street is a half-mile long road in the Palestinian city of Hebron in Israel’s West Bank. It was once the thriving market center of the city, frequented by Palestinians and Israelis daily. Today,...