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...

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...

Education for war

Quite a lot has changed since 1986, when David Bedein took a year off from his social work practice to campaign against the Palestinian propaganda machine’s influence in the media. Today, his mission has been taken...

Will UNRWA schools that operate in Jerusalem be included in the crackdown on incitement?

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of news stories in the Israeli media that Israel will finally "crack down on incitement in east Jerusalem schools" and that "The Jerusalem Municipality...

UNRWA Aids Hamas Military Wing , While the US – The Biggest UNRWA Funder-...

Over the past week, the World Vision, a well-known humanitarian organization, was formally accused and indicted for secretly aiding military activities of Hamas, designated as an FTO by the US – a “Foreign Terror...

The ​Time Has Come for UNRWA Reform: A Solution to the Palestinian Refugee Dilemma

A mantra is repeated almost every day in Middle East parlance: the need for a policy initiative that would extract the region from a simmering status quo which can only lead to a violent outcome. Israel,...

The challenge for Canada in Middle East negotiations: Convening ”The Refugee Working Group” to...

The Arab Refugee issue remains one of the most crucial issues to be resolved in order for any peace process to be successful The RWG was created as a practical way to handle...

Transcript – July 19 UNRWA policy briefing at Knesset, for journalists & diplomats

Introductory Remarks by David Bedein, Director of Center for Near East Policy Research: We begin the briefing with “Mohammed Assaf War Song for UNRWA”- short video depicting the singer Mohammed Assaf who is UNRWA’s official...

The new Islamic funders of UNRWA

Until very recently, the main funders of UNRWA were the member states of the UN. Now, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), a  bank with nefarious connections is listed as one of the funders of UNRWA...

UN school students taught to kill Jews

Camera crews visiting United Nations-funded schools for Palestinians have uncovered new evidence that teachers are indoctrinating students with extremism and anti-Semitism. “Stabbing and running over Jews brings dignity to the Palestinians,” one boy studying at...