David Bedein

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David Bedein has conducted independent news investigations of the PLO and UNRWA since 1987. He is the author of UNRWA: Roadblock to Peace and Genesis of the Palestinian Authority. His research, investigations and films are supported through US and Canadian tax-deductible private donations. https://israelbehindthenews.com/donations/

The PLO And the Genesis of the Palestinian Authority: The Inside Story

April 8,2003 This week, a senior official of the Vatican provided the Israel Resource News Agency with the finalized Arabic version of the Palestinian State...

10 dilemmas posed by a proposed Palestinian state : 10 questions which journalists can...

Encirclement: Would a proposed state of Palestine not swallow up Jordan, most of whose population is Palestinian, leaving Israel with a hostile state...

From Arafat to Paramount

In   September 1993, while on IDF Reserve duty in Har Eval overlooking Nablus, the IDF distributed its monthly newsletter to the troops. There was a...

The rabbi who knew the real reason for Arik Sharon’s “Disengagement”

The death of the Chief Rabbi Emeritus of Haifa, Rabbi Shaar-Yashuv Cohen, brings to mind the most stirring episodes in the history of the modern State...

“Déjà vu”: Gaza: David Bedein “Where Terror Rules” | September 7, 2005

Ariel Sharon's government added a specific clause to the final version of the Disengagement Plan, a plan that was ratified by the Israeli government...

No Discussions of Cease Fire with Iran

After a torrent of Iranian ballistic missile attacks hit  Israel, Iran  only  agreed to a hudna  to stop firing, a term  misconstrued to mean a  “cease fire.” A hudna connotes no...

Eyewitness to Horror

This week, US and Canadian citizens  visit a  Nova Music Festival exhibit of  October 7th, 2023 ,in   Toronto, to relive the  violent Arab rampage...
As President Trump prepares for a Saudi visit, Special Envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun must address Riyadh’s financing of PLO textbooks promoting antisemitism and rejection of peace with Israel. (Photo: Supplied.)

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun Faces Diplomatic Test In Saudi Arabia Over Antisemitic PLO Textbooks Funded...

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, President Trump’s newly appointed Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, is poised for a high-stakes diplomatic test during the President’s...

Elections in Canada: A Referendum on UNRWA

As Canadians cast their votes in ​the April 28 parliamentary election, a pressing foreign policy issue ​h​overed over the Ottawa electorate: Canada’s continued funding of the United Nations Relief...

Jimmy Carter’s mixed legacy

With the recent passing of former president Jimmy Carter, the time has come to consider the mixed legacy he has left behind. Although remembered...