Monthly Archives: February 2022

Perilous omens

Quote: “There is something coming this way and I don’t want to be here when it arrives.” Surveying the current international scene one cannot escape the inevitable conclusion that there is a multitude of potential...

Arguments and facts about UNRWA

David Bedein Investigative Journalist and MSW, Community Organization practice, Two months ago, the DIG Berlin organization from Brandenburg addressed the German Bundestag legislative body with a press release that “put UNRWA funding to the test”. The content of...

Head of UN Probe on Israel Accused of Prejudice, Watchdog Calls on Her to...

The head of a new United Nations inquiry into last spring’s Hamas-Israel war was accused today of making prejudicial statements on the issues under investigation, compromising her impartiality, and was asked to recuse herself...

Palestinian Arab children in cages?

As a journalist who has covered Palestinians who live in the UNRWA refugee camps since 1987, I have filed a cordial request of the Palestine Chroniicle to provide any kind of documentation to this...

Explaining The Iron Dome – What Is This Metaphorical “Invisible Shield”?

In the Bible chapter Judges, biblical figure Samson used a donkey bone jaw as a weapon. Also in that same chapter, a tent peg, millstone and a host of other odd weapons are used....

UN human rights commission query

Submission sheet Individuals, groups and organizations wishing to submit information and documentation to the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (hereafter the “COI”) are...

Knessets arbetsgrupp för förändring av UNRWA:s politik

Den 7 mars 2022 kommer Bedein Center, som arbetar med Knesset för en förändring av UNRWA:s policy, att sammanträda i närvaro av de diplomater som representerar de största givarna till UNRWA. Vi kommer att presentera...

Loud and clear

When the weather is about to turn nasty the early indications of impending storms are usually loud and clear. At that stage, we can either ignore the rumbling of approaching thunder in the hope that...

Amnesty International Tries to Put Israel on Trial

Amnesty International is the latest anti-Israel organization to make headlines by using the word “apartheid.” But lots of people dislike Israel and make false claims about it. What makes this claim notable? Why has...

The Amnesty International false news report

Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation. On February first, Amnesty International (AI) published an anonymously authored report falsely accusing Israel of being an apartheid state. The 280 page document entitled,Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination...