Lobby to reform UNRWA launches in Knesset

A new Knesset lobby calling for the reform of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will be launched this week. The Knesset Lobby for UNRWA Policy Reform, which is chaired by MK Sharren...

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...

US calls on UNRWA to ‘uphold neutrality’ after call to boycott ‘Post’

The State Department is calling on personnel at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to “uphold its stated policy of neutrality,” after its spokesman, Chris Gunness,...

Facebook Offers a Matching Grant to UNRWA. Why?

At a time when FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg conducts campaigns which stress “education for peace” around the world, it comes as a surprise that FACEBOOK would offer generous matching grants to UNRWA $100K match for...

The Newest Anti-Israel UN Action Must Be Challenged – Now

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation No. 654,     December 2021 The UN Human Rights Council has launched the most hostile anti-Israel “inquiry” in UN history, headed by the former...

UNRWA donors conference: opportunity for donor nations to change UNRWA policies

The news and research office that I have been running since 1987 focuses on UNRWA, with the hope that the 5.3 million descendants of Arab refugees from 1948 who benefit from UNRWA services in...

Essential Facts About the Judicial Reform

What Are the Details of the Judicial Reform Bill? Reform on the Judges Selection Committee The Current Selection Process:  A group of nine individuals constitutes the Judges' Selection Committee. This includes the Chief Justice, two extra Supreme...

Pollak: 5 Consequences of Israel’s Stunning Win over Palestinian Islamic Jihad

The war began after Israel arrested a PIJ leader in the West Bank last week. PIJ then began mobilizing for terror attacks along the Gaza-Israel boundary, and Israel launched a preemptive strike, killing PIJ...

December 1951 Director of UNRWA in report to the Sixth General Assembly

December 1951 Arab Refugees The Director of UNRWA in his report to the Sixth General Assembly, wrote: “The refugees are better off than the poorest levels of the native population, and in some cases better off...

Our march 2022 mission to London

Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2022 In March 2022, David Bedein visited the UK, asking British citizens and Israel embassy officials if they would ask for constraints over  UK funds for UNRWA & the PA Background: 1. The UK acts as the third largest donor...