There are those who tell us that UNRWA Youth Ambassador  Mohammad Assaf’s lyrics are innocuous. Please judge for yourself : If you think that these words are incendiary, contact the legislative bodies of the UNRWA donor nations: http://israelbehindthenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2014-ranking-of-countries-making-contributions-to-UNWRA.pdf

August 2014 appointment of Mohammad Assaf as UNRWA youth ambassador

*Transcript: https://youtu.be/6wkN66Z44Yk begins at 3:40​

Mr. Filippo Grandi, former UNRWA Commissioner-General ​”I have received in this room heads of state, prime ministers, many important people.But I have never seen so much expectation here…”
Song of Mohammad Assaf:
“O soils of beloved forgotten land, with precious blood precious, you’re irrigated. We have all the rights, we are all for it/ My land is from the river to the sea . Your son Gaza will not be disgraced. Lift your head up high it is your weapon. The origin of dignity is humanity.
We will protect the land/ It’s either victory or martyrdom, the men of this land said.
Take my blood and give me freedom. My land is from the river to the sea. Take my blood and give me freedom. My land is from the river to the sea…”

November 2015 film promoted by UNRWA Youth Ambassador Assaf: ​https://youtu.be/LaaslaZk6mw ** Transcript: ​Mohammad Assaf:

“We are the sons of this land our heads are high we are your soldiers full of courage and dignity if our souls are the price of freedom we will gladly pay: oh homeland of the brave. Oh motherland these are your sons   they will stand by you in hard times they rose to fight the occupiers your plains and mountains are witness. Oh motherland these are your sons they will stand by you in hard times they rose to fight the occupiers your plains and mountains are witness. Oh mother be strong the resistance will win and victory will come and Al Aqsa will be free there is no perseverance like yours in Jerusalem and Afoulah In Nablus, Hebron, and Ramallah. The legends of your struggle were  written by your heroes. Oh motherland these are your sons. They will stand by you in hard times they rose to fight the occupiers your plains and mountains are witness In Nazareth, in Bethlehem, in Jerusalem, in Gaza In Galilee and Um Alfahem   They are all united . Some were martyred. Some were injured. Their blood blossomed and our precious blood is still spilling will draw the map of our independence on our soil. Oh motherland these are your sons. They will stand by you in hard times. Oh motherland these are your sons they will stand by you in hard times they rose to fight the occupiers your plains and mountains are witness Oh Jerusalem. I salute your resistance. You broke your bonds with dignity. Your head raised high. Hardships make you stronger. Salute the determined people who are resisting the occupiers. Fight back until; you defeat the aggressor .Oh mother don’t accept the occupier from north till south .  Oh motherland these are your sons.   They will stand by you in hard times they rose to fight the occupiers your plains and mountains are witness..”

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David Bedein
David Bedein
David Bedein is an MSW community organizer and an investigative journalist.   In 1987, Bedein established the Israel Resource News Agency at Beit Agron to accompany foreign journalists in their coverage of Israel, to balance the media lobbies established by the PLO and their allies.   Mr. Bedein has reported for news outlets such as CNN Radio, Makor Rishon, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, BBC and The Jerusalem Post, For four years, Mr. Bedein acted as the Middle East correspondent for The Philadelphia Bulletin, writing 1,062 articles until the newspaper ceased operation in 2010. Bedein has covered breaking Middle East negotiations in Oslo, Ottawa, Shepherdstown, The Wye Plantation, Annapolis, Geneva, Nicosia, Washington, D.C., London, Bonn, and Vienna. Bedein has overseen investigative studies of the Palestinian Authority, the Expulsion Process from Gush Katif and Samaria, The Peres Center for Peace, Peace Now, The International Center for Economic Cooperation of Yossi Beilin, the ISM, Adalah, and the New Israel Fund.   Since 2005, Bedein has also served as Director of the Center for Near East Policy Research.   A focus of the center's investigations is The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). In that context, Bedein authored Roadblock to Peace: How the UN Perpetuates the Arab-Israeli Conflict - UNRWA Policies Reconsidered, which caps Bedein's 28 years of investigations of UNRWA. The Center for Near East Policy Research has been instrumental in reaching elected officials, decision makers and journalists, commissioning studies, reports, news stories and films. In 2009, the center began decided to produce short movies, in addition to monographs, to film every aspect of UNRWA education in a clear and cogent fashion.   The center has so far produced seven short documentary pieces n UNRWA which have received international acclaim and recognition, showing how which UNRWA promotes anti-Semitism and incitement to violence in their education'   In sum, Bedein has pioneered The UNRWA Reform Initiative, a strategy which calls for donor nations to insist on reasonable reforms of UNRWA. Bedein and his team of experts provide timely briefings to members to legislative bodies world wide, bringing the results of his investigations to donor nations, while demanding reforms based on transparency, refugee resettlement and the demand that terrorists be removed from the UNRWA schools and UNRWA payroll.   Bedein's work can be found at: www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com and www.cfnepr.com. A new site,unrwa-monitor.com, will be launched very soon.

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