Monthly Archives: April 2021

Bipartisan House members reintroduce Palestinian education bill

A bipartisan group of House legislators reintroduced a bill on Monday calling for a State Department assessment of lesson plans created by the Palestinian Authority and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The...

Biden push to restore funding for Palestinian refugees sparks lobbying fight

A decades-long critic of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency has hired his first lobbying firm to try to put the brakes on the Joe Biden administration’s stated intention to restore funding for the beleaguered organization. David Bedein of...

Will there again be justice in Jerusalem?

An Israeli Arab felon, Rashdi Abu Moch, was released this week from jail after 35 years. Abu Moch had murdered Moshe Tammam, an Israeli solider, in 1984. Abu Moch's village held a homecoming festival in honor...

Turkey contributes US$ 10 million to UNRWA in support of Palestine refugees

The Government of Turkey has contributed US$ 10 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of Palestine refugees. This generous funding comes...

Ra’am’s guiding charter backs Palestinian right of return, calls Zionism racist

The charter that guides Ra’am, the Islamist party being wooed by the mainstream parties competing to form Israel’s next government, urges a right of return for Palestinian refugees, says “there can be no allegiance”...

A New (or Old) Biden Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

As Israelis cope with their fourth election in two years, Americans must wonder what U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be under the Biden administration—no matter who wins in the Israeli vote. A...

Policy Statement of Florida Rabbi Barry Silver

I urge the Biden Administration to do all it can to repudiate the obnoxious effort of the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA to brainwash children and pay off murderers of Jews, who not only threaten...

US wants to renew to the PA and UNRWA? – Two requests

US now considers renewed unconditional aid to the PA and UNRWA. The PA has strengthened formal legislation to grant automatic salaries for life for anyone who murders a Jew- for the murderer and for the...

Mirror, mirror on the wall

“Mirror mirror on the wall Please can you differentiate Between real and fake Among them all.” This apt quote sums up the surreal circumstances we find ourselves facing at present. Whether it is the train wreck following our latest...

USAID Failed to Ensure Palestinian Aid Dollars Kept from Terrorists, GAO Says

The United States Agency for International Development is downplaying the significance of a recent government oversight report highlighting the agency’s failure to ensure that taxpayer aid dollars sent to the Palestinian government did not...