Monthly Archives: August 2021

Texts remain in UNRWA schools despite anti-incitement agreement

UNRWA agrees to an unprecedented new policy against incitement and violence. Will that policy hold? On July 14,  Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General of UNRWA.  signed on to a new "memo of understanding" with the US government. The...

What will change after the memo of understanding between the US and UNRWA?

On July 14 – a little more than two weeks ago – Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA's Commissioner-General, signed a memo of understanding with the US. The key point of the document is that a donor country...

Republican senator’s hold on US funding to Palestinian territories remains in place

A Republican senator has vowed to continue holding up a portion of US aid to Palestinians due to a controversial program that provides payments to families of individuals who kill Israelis. “As long as there is any...

Texts remain in UNRWA schools depite agreement

UNRWA agrees to and unprecedented new policy against incitement and violence. Will that policy hold? On July 14, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA CommissionerGeneral of UNRWA. signed on to a new "memo of understanding" with the US government....

Ben & Jerry’s founders speak out on Israel boycott, say they’re ‘men of principle’

American-Israeli professor of international law Eugene Kontorovich explains the legal repercussions Ben & Jerry's could face after boycotting sales in Israel.

Palestinians rewrite history, part of a program to refute the Jewish narrative in order...

On June 29 and 30, 2021, the Ramallah branch of the al-Quds Open University1 held a conference sponsored by Mahmoud Abbas. It was the first conference on "The Zionist Narrative Between Deconstruction and Destructuring," part of...

Report: UN Teachers Celebrate Deaths of Israelis

The UN agency that runs schools and social services for Palestinians is facing calls to fire employees using social media to celebrate attacks on Israelis and promote anti-Jewish hatred. Over 100 UNRWA educators and staff have...