What conditions will accompany the US policy to restore funds to the Palestinian Authority...

The US decision to restore funds to the Palestinian Authority and to UNRWA is a foregone conclusion. The question remains: Will the US place reasonable conditions on the renewal of funds to either the PA...

Does UNRWA Educational System Prepare the Palestinian Children and Youth for a War against...

Introduction The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees has been operating since 1950 in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Judea and Samaria (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. It offers welfare, health and education...

Groups express concern as UNRWA boosts funding to Palestinians

Jewish organizations are urging the Canadian government to hold UNRWA’s feet to the fire to ensure that a $25-million allocation to help Palestinian refugees will not end up in the hands of Hamas, a...

B’nai Brith Canada Questions UNRWA Spending

The Canadian government announced Thursday that it will transfer an extra $10-million to Palestinian refugees via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). While acknowledging the important humanitarian nature of Canada’s contribution, B’nai Brith Canada...

Republican senator’s hold on US funding to Palestinian territories remains in place

A Republican senator has vowed to continue holding up a portion of US aid to Palestinians due to a controversial program that provides payments to families of individuals who kill Israelis. “As long as there is any...

Tobias Petterson:Sweden’s responsibility: Stop extremism at UNRWA Schools

According to a new study from the Center for Near East Policy Research (CFNEPR), 240 textbooks used in the Palestinian refugee camps contain the message of violent extremism. The textbooks have been used in...

What the AP Intelligence Correspondent Needs to Ask

David Bedein, Director. Susannah George, AP Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, this week published a feature “Trump administration cuts aid funding for Palestinian refugees”*, which overlooked two vital issues. First, that the US cutback to UNRWA...

A Message in Refugee Camp Unrest

Reuters has finally noticed what Israeli papers have been reporting for a while: West Bank refugee camps are seething. And unlike in the past, when most of the anger was aimed at Israel, “These...

Hamas concerned by Liberman anti-UNRWA initiative

The Hamas terrorist group is extremely concerned by the possibility that the UNRWA organization will suffer economically from the US administration's reassessment regarding its ties with the organization, which purportedly deals with Palestinian refugee...

President Trump and Peace Education: Required Changes in PA text books, used in US...

As President elect Donald Trump launches his transition team, he will undoubtedly take a good look at US Middle East Policy. The new President will have to cope with the fact that the US...