UNRWA Smoking Gun

In  36 years of news coverage of UNRWA, we have had a few  opportunities to produce a smoking gun from UNRWA. UNRWA just provided  a new smoking gun. UNRWA, which relies on the PA curriculum, this week...

Genesis of the Palestinian Authority

Genesis of the Palestinian Authority collects articles and policy papers by Bedein, director of The Center for Near East Policy Research and founder of the Israel Resource News Agency. The author has covered the Palestinian...

Berlin pumps cash into UNRWA despite teachers urging murder of Jews

The German government in March funneled €5 million ($5.27 million) into a school project in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, even as a report by Israeli NGOs shows Palestinian teaching materials “glorify terrorism, encourage martyrdom,...

How US Citizens can ​influence UNRWA​ policy

How US Citizens can  influence  UNRWA policy: Demand that  US Funds be delayed until UNRWA changes its school curriculum, in accordance with the US UNRWA accord  of 2021 58% of the $1.6 billion UNRWA budget allocated to UNRWA is earmarked...

Bursting bubbles

There is a popular computer game called “bubble shooters” in which the aim is to burst as many bubbles as possible and amass points. A definition of bursting bubbles is “shattering illusions and delusions.” Michael Kuttner These...

The Legislature can — and should — pull the plug on ethnic studies

Commentary March 8, 2023 Tammi Rossman-Benjamin California kids are in trouble. Less than half meet national standards for literacy, and only one-third meet standards for math. The picture is grimmer for minorities: percentages hover around 30% for African...

Canada Must Stop Funding Terrorism and Rewarding Murderers | CAEF Special Bulletin – March...

This is no well-guarded secret, but an open display of disrespect and dehumanizing of Jewish lives. Canada spends over $27,000,000 a year funding UNRWA, an organization that teaches children through its maps that Israel...

High – Level german delegation inaugates UNRWA school in Gaza

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) inaugurated the UNRWA Gaza Preparatory Girls’ School A & B in Gaza today. The ceremony was attended by a...

Information Request on UNRWA

RESPONSE SENT TO A  MEMBER OF THE UK PARLIAMENT FOLLOWING  A  REQUEST AS TO WHAT UNRWA POLICY QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED OF THE UK GOVERNMENT APPLICABLE TO ANY UNRWA DONOR NATION David Bedein Director 23 February 2023 To: A Senior Parliamentary Assistant...

Six Policy Challenges, to Guide UNRWA Policy Reform

Cancel the new UNRWA curriculum which incorporate principles of Jihad, martyrdom and an “right of return” by force of arms, in UN schools which are supposed to promote the UNRWA slogan of “Peace Starts...