15 Policy Challenges for the New Head of UNRWA

The appointment of Swiss diplomat Phillpe Lazzarini as the new head of UNRWA is a window of opportunity for UNRWA donor nations, which oversee UNRWA policy, to demand a reform of UNRWA. This is...

Summary of April 17 2018 Mtg with Advisor at US Mission to the UN

Dear... It was good to see you this week, following lectures that our agency, which focuses its energies on UNRWA (1), provided for the public concerning UNRWA policies (2). Many thanks for taking the time to meet. To review...

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...

Типовое письмо для направления послам стран-доноров БАПОР

(Следующий список: точный список послов) Июнь 2020 года Уважаемый Посол… Мы просим Вас, как представителя в Генеральной Ассамблее одной из десяти стран-доноров, которые вносят наибольший вклад в БАПОР, рассмотреть вопрос о том, чтобы условия обязательной прозрачности стали...

David Bedein critiques “A bold, common sense UN move for the Trump administration”

This article, published at http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/320825-a-bold-common-sense-un-move-for-the-trump-administration in a publication on Capitol Hill in DC, advances the logical idea that the US should lead to way to "fold UNRWA into UNHCR". After all, UNRWA leaves five million people...

Our agency facilitated an informal briefing for US embassy officials at the Knesset, with...

Last week, our agency facilitated an informal briefing for US embassy officials at the Knesset, with experts on the subject of UNRWA policies. The following letter to the US Ambassador to Israel presents five...

The UNRWA cash economy

When a social service agency provides cash  assistance, there is little transparency. 59 UNRWA refugee facilities  in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem are plagued by organized crime: Trafficking women, narcotics, cars and...

SWC Encouraged by US linkage of renewed UNRWA aid to Curriculum that Doesn’t Promote...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is lauding the Biden Administration’s linkage of renewed aid to UNRWA to a curriculum that “does not promote incitement”. “The fact that Secretary of State Blinken will be required to...

UNRWA Teacher Fervently Supports Terror on Facebook

Zuhair Hindi is a teacher at the UNRWA Jabalya Prep School for Boys. He is also a terror supporter. His profile picture on Facebook is of Qassam Brigades terrorist Hassan Mohammed al-Hindi, who might be a brother...