Fair dinkum

Non-Australians may be baffled by this expression therefore an explanation provided by Dr Google could help to clarify it.

Depending on how you punctuate the words, fair dinkum, can either mean “honestly?” OR “yes, honestly.”

Either way, this quintessential Australian response, with or without the appendage, “MATE” attached, neatly sums up this week’s batch of loony media items involving Jews and Israel.

Observing the drama revolving around tennis champion Novak Djokovic and his attempt to enter Australia I cannot help but think that we should be so afflicted with such major crises. No such luck however as our dramas are of the more life-threatening variety and unlike this Melbourne tennis “love” match, the challenges we need to confront will not fade away.

Moreover, at the end of the day the worst that Australia will face is international derision and a cartoonists’ delight whereas if Israel had attempted to ban Djokovic you can guarantee that the following scenarios would have ensued:

  • The UN Security Council would have been called into emergency session and a resolution passed condemning Israel.

 

  • The UN General Assembly would have thereafter convened and another resolution accusing Israel of original sin passed. New Zealand as usual would have sided with the immoral majority.

 

  • The UN Human Rights Council would have condemned Israel for trampling on the human rights of the world’s finest tennis champion.

 

  • The International Criminal Court at The Hague would have branded Israel as having committed war crimes.

 

  • The World Health Organization would have accused Israel of spreading Corona.

 

  • The World Council of Churches and the Vatican would have deplored Israel’s persecution of the Serbian Orthodox Faith.

 

  • The EU would have found Israel guilty of something even though they were not quite sure what that might be.

 

  • The Arab League and assorted Islamic groups would have denounced Israel’s attempt at ethnic cleansing of the tennis tournament.

 

  • UNESCO would have declared the tournament venue a sacred heritage site and condemned Israel for endangering its sanctity.

 

  • Extreme left and right protest groups would have joined forces with politicians and the media to condemn the crimes of the “colonial settler apartheid nation” and marches and demonstrations would have broken out on every continent.

 

This imagined scenario may at first glance sound whacko but if you pause for a moment and look at what is actually happening every day as far as Israel is concerned you will quickly realize that it is fair dinkum.

In what passes for a normal week here are just a few snippets.

Human Rights Watch which has an ongoing fetish with Israel has declared that “Israeli apartheid was the top human rights issue of 2021.” Those of us who live in the real world know perfectly well that not only is this statement a total package of lies but that real and serious abuse of human rights is occurring every day of the week in a myriad of countries.

It is precisely this knee jerk hate of anything to do with Israel which should warn us of the pitfalls which lie ahead as far as international organizations are concerned. There are some trusting souls who still are under the illusion that when the time comes for Israel to be branded as an outcast among the nations there will arise sufficient righteous truth defenders to ward off the libels.

Forget it – no such moral saviours will materialize. Instead, the morally bankrupt lemmings who abuse human rights with impunity will sit in judgment and acquiesce to the modern version of past false stigmatizations of the world’s only Jewish majority nation.

A significant milestone was passed on 9 January and unsurprisingly it caused no ripples either in the media or in the corridors of foreign ministries in democratic countries. It was on this date in 2005 that the great dove of peace, Mahmoud Abbas, was “elected” to a 4 year term as President of the PA. It is now 2022, seventeen years later, and this individual who is so venerated by all and sundry is still the President. In the Palestinian Arab version of democracy where elections need not be held, this bastardization of democratic standards raises nary a protest. Propping him and his corrupt colleagues up is an exercise in lunacy especially as the PA has declared yet again that “payments to martyr families will continue.”

Incredulous as it may seem, appeasement in the face of duplicitous diplomacy continues unabated. Making no secret of his agenda, Abbas is leading the charge to make Israel an international pariah by legitimizing the apartheid and war crimes lies.

One of our biggest problems has always been the number of Jewish leaders and organizations who are so easily seduced by visions which eventually turn out to be mirages. The other problem is how quickly anyone who speaks inconvenient truths is rubbished and condemned for having the temerity to articulate uncomfortable realities.

Last month the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand conveyed greetings for Chanukah. In a statement, they said: “May Almighty God bless us all with the light of peace, knowledge, prosperity, good health and cohesion.” This seasonal message of goodwill no doubt spread a warm, fraternal feeling among those in the Jewish community to whom it was aimed at.

However, how many remembered this same group issuing a press release on 11 May 2021, just six months prior, in which they declared: “New Zealand Muslims strongly condemn continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the Holy Mosque of Al-Aqsa.”

Where are the blessings of peace, knowledge and cohesion when it comes to denying our rights at the site of the Temple Mount and twisting facts on the ground? Do we carry on regardless while ignoring fake expressions of friendship?

In my previous op-ed I mentioned the storm of vilification which descended upon the head of the JNF – UK who had the temerity to state that there was no future for the Jews in England. This has been followed by demands that he be sacked and now the big artillery has been wheeled out. The Chief Rabbi of the UK issued the following admonition: “Jews in the UK are blessed to live in an overwhelmingly welcoming nation as one of the most vibrant, confident and contented Jewish communities in the world.” No doubt this stirring declaration is intended to demolish those whose prognosis is radically different and is designed to banish any worries about what lies in store not so far down the track.

I somehow couldn’t help to compare this rose-tinted rousing exhortation with the message issued by the representative body of German Jewry in September 1933. Without seeking to directly compare the situation in the UK today with 1933 Germany, it is instructive to understand that the same myopia among the “establishment” still persists. Merely nine months after being elected to power and with the German Government’s introduction of discriminatory anti-Jewish laws, the following declaration was issued by the representative body of German Jews: “We hope for the sympathetic support of the authorities and the respect of our fellow non-Jewish citizens to whom we are bound by our love for and loyalty to Germany.”

Fair dinkum? You decide.

A current digest of media, polls and significant interviews and events

Saturday, January 8, 2022
Weekly Commentary: Hamas and Hezbollah Patience – Not Israeli Deterrence
Weekly Commentary: Hamas and Hezbollah Patience – Not Israeli Deterrence
Dr. Aaron Lerner 8 January 2022

Let’s not have any illusions:

It isn’t fear of the IDF that’s stopping Hamas from firing a barrage of
rockets tonight at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv or for that matter Raanana.

It is patience.

Hamas is not only busy upgrading and manufacturing rockets. They are no
doubt devoting huge resources towards shifting their network of
defense/attack tunnels in every city in the Gaza Strip so that they run
mostly under buildings rather than streets to make it difficult for the IAF
to attack them.

And fear of the IDF is not what is stopping Hezbollah from firing its
hundreds of thousands of rockets towards the Jewish State tonight.

It is patience.

As each day passes they manage to smuggle in and install more of the
suitcase sized guidance system rocket upgrade kits.

That’s “patience” – not “deterrence”.

There is an important difference between the two.

Because if defense officials who talk about “deterrence” really believe that
there is “deterrence” then they are clueless.

And if they are clueless then this can lead to serious errors in not only
planning and preparations to address these challenges but also in the timing
of the execution of operations against Hamas and Hezbollah.

After all, if you think we are deterring our enemies there is no rush to do
anything about Hamas or Hezbollah.

On the other hand, if Hamas and Hezbollah are patiently preparing to attack
us in the future under conditions considerably more favorable for them then
“quiet for quiet” does not serve our interests.
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Arab-Israeli relations

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US has stopped aid to UNRWA education because of the following accord which was reached between the US and UNRWA on July 14, 2021

UNRWA has made no pretensions that it will implement any of the commitments that it agreed to in this document:

Palestinian refugee camps

Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees

West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees

Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees

Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees

Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

No Oriente Médio Refugiados

Publicado pela Comissão Ministerial de Resolução do Problema dos Refugiados no Oriente Médio

Novembro de 1983

 

Tradução: Fábio Schuchmann e Gabriela Izawa

 

Termos de Referência

Em agosto de 1982, o governo de Israel apontou uma comissão ministerial para lidar com o problema dos refugiados no Oriente Médio.  A comissão foi encarregada com a tarefa de formular princípios, métodos e maneiras de resolver o problema dos refugiados no Oriente Médio através do reassentamento dos refugiados em seus locais de residência.

A comissão foi composta pelos seguintes membros: Ministro Mordechai Ben-Porat, presidente; Vice-Primeiro-Ministro e Ministro da infraestrutura e Construção David Levy; Ministro da Defesa, Moshe Arens; Ministro das Relações Exteriores, Yitzchak Shamir; Ministro da Justiça, Moshe Nissim; Ministro da Economia e Coordenação Interministerial, Yaakov Meridor e Ministro da Ciência, Yuval Ne´eman.

Com a ajuda de um time de especialistas composto por oficiais do governo, e com a participação de estudantes do Instituto Shiloah, a comissão organizou encontros e visitou campos de refugiados na Cisjordânia, em Gaza e no Líbano, para recolher dados e informações. A comissão também recrutou os estudantes do Instituto Shiloah para realizar uma pesquisa especial sobre o assunto.

As recomendações feitas pela comissão foram aprovadas pelo governo e os relatórios dos resultados estão relatados nas páginas a seguir.

 

Resumo do relatório

  1. Refugiados do Oriente Médio: Judeus e Árabes

 

A guerra iniciada pelos Estados Árabes contra Israel em 1948, criou dois grupos de refugiados: Judeus que fugiram de países Árabes para Israel e outros locais – e refugiados Árabes que deixaram Israel para outras partes da Palestina entre outros locais. Os dois grupos possuíam um número aproximado de refugiados, e seus casos estão claramente interrelacionados.

Os Estados Árabes são os responsáveis pela criação desse duplo problema. Enquanto eles não se movimentaram nenhuma vez sequer em relação a questão dos refugiados judeus, ao mesmo tempo, houve uma exploração dos refugiados Árabes como política e massa de manobra contra Israel. Maioria dos Estados Árabes foram procurados para resolver a situação e o status dos refugiados Árabes e integrá-los em suas sociedades. A Jordânia garantiu cidadania e acolheu muitos refugiados a sua estrutura social, política e econômica, mas esta foi apenas uma exceção e não uma regra.

 

  1. Política Árabe: Manter o problema vivo

 

Desde 1948, os Estados Árabes fizeram tudo ao seu alcance para perpetuar o problema dos refugiados Árabes, usando como carro chefe de suas campanhas contra Israel.

Ao invés de auxiliar os refugiados a se integrar o mais rápido possível ao cotidiano de suas nações, assim como Israel fez, eles abstiveram-se das suas responsabilidades de reabilitá-los e preservar seu bem-estar, colocando tudo sob os auspícios da ONU. Propostas destinadas a tornar esses refugiados em membros normais e produtivos da sociedade têm sido enfrentadas com resistência pelos governantes árabes.

Ainda, ao longo dos anos, o processo natural de absorção não poderia ser totalmente contido. Onde houve assistência, como na Jordânia, o processo se moveu muito mais rapidamente; onde o governo colocou obstáculos no caminho, como na maioria dos países Árabes, o processo foi muito mais demorado. Ao longo dos anos, tornou-se cada vez mais complexo apresentar ao mundo os refugiados Árabes como desabrigados, miseráveis e necessitados.

Os Estados Árabes começaram então a tirar a ênfase na questão humanitária, colocando sua atenção no aspecto político-nacional. Mas a estratégia básica se manteve: perpetuar a questão dos refugiados, de uma forma ou de outra.

 

  1. Política israelense: Reabilitar os refugiados onde eles estiverem

 

A política consistente de Israel em relação ao problema dos refugiados tem sido de fazer tudo possível para auxiliar na reabilitação e reintegração dos refugiados –  Judeus e Árabes – dentro da sua área de controle, enquanto se propõe a participar da discussão do problema como um todo dentro de um panorama de negociações de paz.

Antes de 1967, Israel concentrou o reassentamento dos refugiados judeus em Israel e facilitou o retorno de mais de 40.000 refugiados Árabes sob seu programa de reunião familiar.

Desde 1967, quando a Judéia e Samaria e o distrito de Gaza ficaram sob controle israelense, Israel começou também a agir para facilitar para os diversos refugiados árabes que vivem nessa área. Durante esse período, outros 70.000 refugiados receberam permissão para retornar para essas áreas, para reunião familiar: em total, cerca de 110.000 refugiados retornaram sob esse programa.

Enquanto os refugiados da Judéia e Samaria receberam os benefícios da política jordaniana de permissão para integração a vida na Jordânia, os refugiados do distrito de Gaza permaneceram isoladas e suprimidos, por isso os esforços de reabilitação de Israel voltaram-se a Gaza, onde o problema está bem encaminhado agora para sua solução prática. Nos últimos 12 anos, mais de 50.000 refugiados – ou um quarto dos moradores dos campos da área – foram reassentados em novas moradias superiores, e a maioria do número restante está no aguardo para ser reassentado também.

Um documento muito revelador, nesse contexto, é a resolução passada no dia 13 de dezembro de 1977 na Assembleia Geral da ONU (A/RES/32/90), convocando Israel a “tomar imediatamente as medidas necessárias para retornar os refugiados para os campos nos quais foram removidos na Faixa de Gaza.”

Os esforços para reabilitação na Judéia e Samaria, por outro lado, foram prejudicados pela influência negativa da OLP e seus agentes na área, que tiveram grande sucesso em convencer a maioria dos remanescentes em campos de refugiados a resistir aos esforços israelenses em reassentar os refugiados em moradias permanentes.

Ao buscar uma solução global para o problema hoje, Israel está usando uma abordagem de três frentes: (a) ênfase na inter-relação dos aspectos judaicos e árabes do problema e a responsabilidade dos Estados Árabes pela criação deste problema;  (b) os direitos e justas reivindicações de compensação de judeus de terras árabes;  e (c) reabilitação dos refugiados Árabes vivendo hoje na terra de Israel, sob administração israelense, enquanto demanda que os países Árabes façam a mesma coisa com os refugiados que estão sob seu domínio.

 

  1. Refugiados das Nações Unidas: Assistência

A Assistência aos Refugiados a nível internacional é administrada através da Agência das Nações Unidas de Assistência aos Refugiados da Palestina no Próximo Oriente, (UNRWA);  em grande parte por causa da oposição oficial dos Árabes aos projetos de reabilitação, seu principal esforço tem sido dedicado a assistência.  O peso da carga financeira, no programa de assistência aos refugiados, tem sido suportado pelos Estados Unidos, que contribui com cerca de 55% do orçamento anual da UNRWA.  Entre 1950 e 1983, os estados árabes juntos contribuíram com um total de US$ 136,7 milhões (7%) para o orçamento da UNRWA, enquanto os Estados Unidos sozinhos doaram US$ 1.067,4 milhões (45%).  A contribuição total de Israel até o momento chega a US$ 11,2 milhões: é mais do que a soma contribuída por qualquer país árabe, exceto a Arábia Saudita (US$ 59,8 milhões), Líbia (US$ 17,9 milhões) e Kuwait (US$ 16,3 milhões).

 

CONCLUSÕES E RECOMENDAÇÕES

  1. Deve ser feita uma separação clara entre o aspecto político do problema dos refugiados palestinos e seus aspectos econômicos e sociais. O aspecto político está ligado ao conflito árabe-israelense geral e, portanto, só pode ser resolvido quando os vizinhos de Israel seguirem o exemplo do Egito e negociarem um tratado de paz com Israel.
  2. Os aspectos econômicos e sociais do problema, por outro lado, na medida em que se referem aos refugiados árabes que agora residem em áreas sob controle israelense (Judéia, Samaria, Gaza), não precisam esperar desenvolvimentos futuros no processo de paz, mas pode ser tratado agora.
  3. No espírito da herança judaica milenar, Israel seguirá este curso como uma questão de primordial importância e urgência. Para isso, desenvolveu um amplo programa de ação destinado a reabilitar os refugiados em suas áreas de residência, no menor tempo possível.
  4. A ênfase será em sistematizar e agilizar os movimentos e esforços anteriores neste domínio, para que os refugiados possam se tornar parte integrante da sociedade em que vivem. Para conseguir isso, eles devem ser ajudados a obter moradia adequada, incluindo ligações com todos os serviços essenciais, e eles devem ter a oportunidade de trabalhar em seu próprio lote de terra ou de se envolver em outro emprego produtivo.

 

O Programa

 

O programa de reabilitação, a ser implementado em duas etapas ao longo de um período de cinco anos, é baseado nas seguintes etapas: Estabelecimento de novos alojamentos para a população do acampamento e, como medida provisória, melhoria das condições de vida nos alojamentos existentes: 5 por cento da população do acampamento no Ano 1, 10 por cento no ano 2, 25 por cento no ano 3 e 30 por cento cada no 4º e 5º anos;

Cada campo de refugiados deve ser anexado a um município próximo ou ter seu próprio status municipal;

Atribuição de terrenos e assistência financeira para um programa “Construa a sua própria casa”, de acordo com um Plano Diretor a ser elaborado para o efeito (será elaborado um novo Plano Diretor para o distrito de Gaza, enquanto na Judéia-Samaria usar pode ser feito do Plano existente, que, no entanto, terá de ser revisto e prorrogado);

Unificação dos serviços de saúde e bem-estar na Judéia e Samaria e integração gradual das instalações educacionais da UNRWA na rede nacional de ensino;

Todas essas etapas devem ser tomadas em plena coordenação com a UNRWA.

 

Refugiados em países árabes e refugiados judeus

 

Os estados árabes devem ser chamados, ao mesmo tempo, a assumir sua parte nos aspectos práticos deste programa de reabilitação. O mundo árabe, com suas grandes extensões de território, sua necessidade de desenvolvimento e de mão de obra, e sua grande riqueza, deve finalmente agir decisivamente para absorver seus próprios irmãos em seu meio.

Quanto aos refugiados judeus dos países árabes, e suas reivindicações contra os Estados Árabes, toda essa questão deve ser discutida separadamente, por uma comissão ministerial especial a ser criada para esse fim.

O direito desses refugiados vai além da questão de reivindicações financeiras de compensação na esteira do confisco de bens e outras perdas financeiras: Isso pode ser discutido dentro da estrutura de reivindicações recíprocas entre Israel e os estados árabes. Mas há também a questão de estabelecer os direitos do povo judeu nesta região desde o ponto de vista de sua longa residência nela, remontando à antiguidade, e sua considerável contribuição para a riqueza da região.

 

Valor estimado

 

O programa irá lançar um valor estimado de US$1,5 bilhão – sem incluir o custo dos terrenos a serem alocados para este fim e os custos operacionais dos diversos projetos, que ainda serão realisticamente avaliados, prevê-se o financiamento de diversas fontes internacionais.

Segue abaixo o detalhamento do custo estimado:

 

 

Eyes shut and ears closed

The new year is only a few days old, and we can already see and hear the same familiar refrains emanating from the usual quarters.

Why anyone should be surprised is beyond my comprehension as the messages are loud and clear. Anyone who thinks that changing from 2021 to 2022 would usher in a sudden gush of goodwill towards Jews and Israel is either blind to reality or deaf to the threats uttered.

It has been our misfortune over the millennia to ignore warning signals and intentions of malice until it is too late. One would think that after all this time most might understand that those who menace us actually do mean what they say but unfortunately oblivious denial seems to be a genetic trait going all the way back to our ancestors’ enslavement in Egypt.

When the Exodus did finally take place far too many of our compatriots refused to join the journey to the Promised Land and instead preferred to remain in what they believed to be the lesser of two evils. No doubt this was the very first example of denial in the face of the facts. Life in Egypt, servitude and discrimination notwithstanding, was obviously preferable to the hazards and perceived dangers of a trek in the wilderness to a land far away.

This same scenario has been repeated repeatedly over the last three thousand years but many of our compatriots still fail to learn the lessons that appeasing those who hate us will not purchase safety. At the same time, ignoring the plainly stated agenda of those who wish us dead, only results in disaster further down the track.

Do we heed the warning signals or do we blithely carry on as though by some magical stroke of the magician’s wand, the threats disappear?

These conundrums are very relevant as we launch off into another year.

We should all be aware by now that the virus of Jew and Israel hatred is rampaging once again. Jews on the streets of the “goldene medina” (the USA) are being assaulted precisely because they are wearing identifiable Jewish clothing and symbols, speaking Yiddish or Hebrew or wearing apparel with Israeli or IDF lettering. It doesn’t really matter what the reason is. The common denominator is the hatred of Jews and Israel. This same sickness is also evident in Europe, the UK and elsewhere. Graffiti now sprouts like a toxic rash in more countries than ever (including Australia) and Jewish students at universities are targeted because of their religion and support of the Jewish State.

Cultural events with an Israeli connection are now being boycotted by artists and actors ostensibly protesting against alleged “apartheid.” This knee jerk embrace of the latest blood libel by individuals whose knowledge of the subject is near zero demonstrates perfectly how infectious this mutated virus has become.

The various organizations dedicated to combating these eruptions are doing their best but one gets the distinct feeling that like King Canute, trying to turn back the tide of hate is an increasingly difficult objective. Not helping us is the age old spectacle of Jews spanning the spectrum from the clearly ignorant, the religiously warped, intellectual academics to those who believe that they are perfectly safe where they are, all confident that a return to our ancestral homeland is a mistake.

Add to this mix our own Israeli politicians and fellow cheerleaders who still after all that has transpired since the Zionist enterprise was launched, believe that those who try to murder us and pay the murderers a life long stipend for doing so, deserve to be rewarded by giving them Judea, Samaria and half of Jerusalem. It is not as though Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah and the PA are hiding their true intentions. Like Mein Kampf it is all out there for anyone to read. The fact that some, including the international community and media, fail to understand that Abbas and friends say one thing to the gullible and another to their own followers, is sadly indicative of the situation we face today.

It’s all here as exposed by PMW: https://palwatch.org/page/29821

Failing to destroy terror groups, propping up corrupt entities and hallucinating that throwing taxpayers’ money into bottomless pits, will buy peace and tolerance, is doomed to failure.

Symbolic of the shambolic state of affairs we face is the recent remark by Israel’s Diaspora Minister, a member of the once-powerful Labour Party. He spouted that “in order to engage young US Jews we must advance the Palestinian issue.”  What he is really signalling in plain English is that in order to somehow grab the attention and support of American Jewish millennials who have already tuned out of anything Jewish, Israel must embrace the progressive agenda of denying our rights to the Land and atoning for having survived endless attempts to wipe us out. Instead of this typical surrender to wokeness we should be ensuring that education and identification are strengthened from elementary school age and that the assimilation tsunami is halted. Will our collective suicide even be sufficient to garner the support of those who have drifted so far from Jewish identification?

Recently the head of JNF UK caused a furore when he stated in an interview that there is no long term future for Jews in the United Kingdom. Speaking the stark truth, especially if articulated by a perceived “establishment” spokesperson, is a recipe for collective retribution and sure enough it did not take long for the wrath of the Board of Deputies to descend from on high. A BOD official huffed and puffed that “the UK is one of the best places in the world to be Jewish and British Jews have a great future in the UK.” Without a doubt there are plenty of countries where Jews are in greater danger. However, glossed over are the inconvenient facts that Jews are being assaulted on the streets, universities are rife with incitement against Jewish students, Judeophobia lurks not so secretly in political parties, while schools, Synagogues and communal buildings need to be closely guarded.

It’s all very well to sing Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory, but it also might be a good idea to remember that Jews were once expelled from the UK and accused of all sorts of blood libels which resulted in pogroms. The libels being circulated these days are merely an updated version of those of the past but the collective poisoning of minds is no different.

The situation of the Jews in Chile is another example of warning bells being ignored in the hope that inconvenient facts will evaporate. A new leftist President has been elected who identifies with the “oppressed” Palestinian Arabs. In itself that is no major problem except that there are other factors involved. Chile is home for up to half a million Palestinian Arab descendants and their political influence is therefore much more than the small Jewish community. Chile recognized “Palestine” as an independent nation in 2011 which should have been an early indication of where the country was headed. In 2019 Jewish leaders sent him a Rosh Hashanah gift with a message expressing a desire for future cooperation. His response was as follows: “I appreciate the gesture but they could start by asking Israel to return the illegally occupied Palestinian territory.” Alongside his previous support of boycotting Israel this demand that Chilean Jews should see it as their duty to pressure Israel does not bode well.

It is reported that Jews in Chile now feel unsettled and worried about their future. So they should be because it is only going to get worse. History teaches us that warning signals are ignored at our peril.

Chilean Jews are not the only ones in such a situation. There are many other countries where time is running out and where Jews need to make some decisive decisions.

It is time to open eyes and clear clogged ears. In situations where self-defence is not possible and the writing is clearly on the wall, the moment to take action is now.

Qatar ups funding for UN Palestinian refugees agency

Qatar pledged more funding Tuesday for the United Nations’ Palestinian refugees organization.

The Qatar Fund for Development announced an $18 million contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The money will go towards UNRWA’s “core resources,” the agency said in a press release.

UNRWA provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and their descendants. They operate in the Palestinian territories as well as in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Many Palestinians still live in camps decades after the war. The situation in Lebanon and Syria is particularly dire for them, given the economic crisis in the former and the continuing civil war in the latter.

UNRWA also announced that Qatar donated $7 million towards cash assistance, education, health and vocational training for Palestinians in Syria.

“Their regular support over several decades has greatly contributed to the agency’s ability to deliver health, education and lifesaving services to Palestine refugees,” UNRWA’s commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini said of Qatar’s support.

Spokespeople for UNRWA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what specifically the $18 million contribution will fund.

The Gulf state has supported Palestinians financially for years. In August, Qatar reached an agreement with Israel to resume cash payments to Gaza. In February, Qatar announced a new aid package to the enclave.

Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/qatar-ups-funding-un-palestinian-refugees-agency#ixzz7HJ4zJb3v

The economics of UNRWA

Clic here to read: מצגת תדרוך כלכלת אונרא

Holding UNRWA Donor Nations Responsible to Disarm UNRWA

January 6th. 2022

Have sent identical letters to diplomats who represent the following UNRWA donors;

The Hon.  Masayuki Magoshi

Head of the Japanese Representative Office to the PA

The Hon. Mark Bailey

Head of the Australian Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority

The Hon. Diana Corner

Consulate General of The United Kingdom of Great Britain

The Hon. René Troccaz

Consulate General of France to the Palestinian Authority

The Hon. Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the

Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

The Hon. Robin Wettlaufer

Head of the Canadian Representative Offices to the Palestinian Authority

 

The Hon. Giuseppe Fedele

Consulate General of the Italian Consulate to the Palestinian Authority

 

The Hon. Viktor Vavricka

Head of the Swiss Representative Offices to the PA

 

The Hon. Astrid Wein

Head of the Austrian Representative Office to the PA

 

The Hon. Christian Clages 

Head of the German Mission to the Palestinian Territories

 

Consul General of Spain 

The Hon. Ignacio García-Valdecasa

 

The Hon. Ahmet Rıza Demirer 

Consulate General of Turkey

 

The Hon. Nathalia Feinberg

Head of the Danish Mission in the Palestinian Territories

The Hon. Päivi Peltokoski

Head of the Finland Representative Office to the Palestinian Authorities

The Hon. Guo Wei

Head of the Chinese Representative Office to the Palestinian Authorities

The Hon. Kees van Baar

Head of the Dutch Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority

 

The Hon. Danielle Haven

Belgian Consulate General to the Palestinian Authority

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Your Excellency,

I am writing to you from the Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research which focuses its research on the plight of the descendants of the refugees from the Arab Israeli war in 1948.

 

The Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research has held six meetings with the office of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres concerning the fate of these 5.3 million Palestinian refugee descendants. 

 

At these meetings, the staff of the UN Secretary General made it clear that the donor nations to UNRWA are to be held responsible for any indiscretions which occur in UNRWA.

 

Since your nation remains a donor to UNRWA, our research center is sure that you are most concerned about the current situation of the UNRWA refugee camps.

 

This past Saturday, January 1st, the Bedein Center dispatched a crew to film the celebrations of the January 1st Fatah commemoration which occured in the UNRWA refugee camp in Deheishe.

 

It was there in Deheishe, that our crew filmed an armed procession in the UNRWA refugee camp of Deheishe.

Please view the footage of that procession which shows that the UNRWA camp is heavily armed.

https://israelbehindthenews.com/2022/01/03/fatah-day-unrwa-deheishe-refugee-camp-2022/

 

The question which we pose to you as a funder of UNRWA, is whether your country will ask UNRWA to disarm Deheishe in order to save lives of men, women and children who live in the cramped conditions of a refugee camp.

 

Kind regards

Julia Marks

Diplomatic liaison,

Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research

Tel: +972-2-6236368

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Dr. Darko Mocibob

Deputy Director

Middle East And West Asia Division

Dept. of Political Affairs

The UNITED NATIONS

for Near East Policy

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