Monthly Archives: August 2021

UNRWA thanks Saudi Arabia for building a school, health center in Bethlehem, West Bank

Director of West Bank Operations at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Gwyn Lewis has expressed her appreciation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s generous...

UNRWA’s Jihad Against Israel (Part One)

Congressional Republicans have recently introduced legislation to reintroduce President Donald Trump’s cessation of US aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Closing UNRWA and...

UNRWA chief rejects calls to fire antisemitic staff

Israeli officials are up in arms over the UN agency for Palestinian refugees' refusal to take action against employees who incite violence and promote antisemitism online. A report by UN Watch, a Geneva-based nongovernmental organization...

Gaza kids camp

Film of Summer Weapons Training for UNRWA students, to be screened by zoom for US Congressional Staff on August 24th at 1pm Eastern Time. https://vimeo.com/587435134 Support for production and presentation of film documentation of the UNRWA reality to  donor nations can be...

The Radicalization of the Israeli Arabs

The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies is an independent, non-partisan think tank conducting policy-relevant research on Middle Eastern and global strategic affairs, particularly as they relate to the national security and foreign policy of Israel and...

letters to ambsassadors and consuls of the major funders of URWA

As a news agency and research center that has provided in-depth coverage of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA since 1987, it has come to the attention of our office that...

Det är dags att stänga ner UNRWA

UNRWA, FN: s byrå för palestinska flyktingar, skapades 1949 genom FN: s resolution 302 (IV) med ett kortsiktigt mandat. Den misslyckades med sitt ursprungliga uppdrag och permanentade palestiniernas status som flyktingar. Den har länge...

UNRWA urges Hamas to respect ‘inviolability’ of its facilities in Gaza

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has called on the Islamic Hamas Movement to retain from the action of violating its facilities in the Gaza Strip. In...

Whistling in the wind

Trying unsuccessfully to change something which cannot be changed is the simple meaning of “whistling in the wind." This definition perfectly encapsulates most of the challenges we are facing at the present time. Whether it is...

Will UNRWA uphold its new policy against incitement?

ON JULY 14, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, signed a new memorandum of understanding with the government of the US. The revolutionary aspect of this document was that this was the first time that a...