Monthly Archives: December 2021

A Guide to Fact Checking the New Israel Fund

REVIEW REPORT: DANIEL SOKATCH'S "CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISRAEL?" Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund since 2009 and founding Executive Director of Bend the Arc (formally, the Progressive Jewish Alliance) recently wrote a...

Can it get worse?

As we teeter on the edge of a new civil year the question on most people’s minds is whether 2022 will be worse than 2021. Although my crystal ball is just as murky as anyone...

Canterbury tall tales: Blaming Israel for dwindling Christian population

There’s no question that Christian faithful — especially minority communities around the world — are often targets of systematic discrimination, vilification, mayhem, murder, and terrorism. It is an issue which the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a...

Behind the scene with David Bedein – December 29, 2021

Behind the scene with David Bedein - December 13, 2021    

Why is Sweden’s policy to UNRWA important?

Sweden is the 4th largest donor to UNRWA, at $60 million https://www.unrwa.org/how-you-can-help/government-partners/funding-trends Sweden,  together with Jordan, co-chaired the UNRWA donors conference on November 15, 2021. Sweden has signed new agreements to oversee their funds to UNRWA,  referred to...

Tis the season

It’s precisely at this time of the year when Christians worldwide celebrate the birth of a Jewish baby in Judea that the irony of the situation we face today becomes apparent. As politicians, media and...

Carta para o Secretário Geral da ONU, Sr. António Guterres Por Ana Luisa Benoliel,...

A falsa preocupação da UNRWA com seus refugiados De acordo com a UNRWA, existem hoje mais de 5 milhões de refugiados palestinos, o único povo cujo status de refugiado é passado de geração em geração, além...

Iran’s “UAV Army” – A Global Threat

What goes on in the Middle East doesn't stay in the Middle East The purpose of this special report is to present the existing threat deriving from the Iranian "UAV army" in the Middle East....

The Report Is Out: A Look Behind the Curtain to EU Assistance to the...

(Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2021)--B’nai B’rith International has just published an essential report, pulling back the curtain on European Union (EU) assistance to the Palestinian Authority and other beneficiaries. The report, titled “Aligning Principles and...
Former Amona settler Nachum Schwartz, 43, at the site where he expects the Israeli government to build homes for his and other families in Emek Shiloh, West Bank. After Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the Israeli settlements in Amona were built illegally on private Palestinian land, Israeli police evicted and bulldozed move than eight homes. In the meatime, the former residents have been living in a nearby hostel in hopes the Israeli government will make good on plans to rebuild their home in a new settlement nearby in Emek Shiloh. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Linda Davidson

Palestinian Land Grab in Area C of West Bank

At a Knesset hearing last week, the Regavim movement reported that from 2019 to 2021, Palestinians built 5,907 illegal structures in Area C, the portion of the West Bank under full Israeli military and...