‘Fix UNRWA’ elicits boycott call
A LIVELY Opinion published in last week’s Intermountain Jewish News has garnered calls for boycott from a top advocate for Palestinian refugees.
The op-ed by Bassem Eid, “As a proud Palestinian, I say: Palestinians must...
Rising above personal attacks, the time has come to examine UNRWA policy
United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness launched personal attacks this week against a Palestinian critic of UNRWA who wrote an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post, followed by a vitriolic attack against...
Senior UNRWA Official Again Distorts Palestinian Fatality Figures from Gaza War
Despite mounting evidence that up to 50 percent of the fatalities recorded during the July-August 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza may have been terrorists, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
Palestinian Human Rights Activist: Boycott of Israel “Big Hoax”
Blogger “Elder of Ziyon” published a translated interview with Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid yesterday. The interview with Eid was originally conducted in Hebrew by Ishai Friedman and was published on his blog.
One...
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,...
Palestinian Rights Activist Exposes U.N. Duplicity At Relief and Works Agency
The scam perpetrated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ever since 1949 has finally been exposed. Defining itself as “a relief and human development agency,” its jurisdiction extends only to Palestinian refugees...
Lies, Damned Lies and UNRWA Pledging Conferences
Will the United Nations ever face up to the awkward reality that it is subsidizing terrorists in Gaza? Or is that too touchy a topic because it might interfere with UN demands for more...
Palestinian Human Rights Activist Calls for Major Overhaul of UNRWA (INTERVIEW)
Bassam Eid, a prominent Palestinian human rights activist, has issued an urgent plea for a serious overhaul of UNRWA, the UN agency tasked with caring for the Palestinian refugees of the 1948 war in...
Proud Palestinians must lead the fight to reform UNRWA
We Palestinians can no longer deny our responsibility for the destiny of our people. For 26 years I have been devoting my life to the mission of defending human rights. I have seen wars...
‘Perpetuating Statelessness? UNRWA, Its Activities and Funding’
SPEAKERS:
Bassem Eid
Director, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group
Dr. Arnon Groiss
Deputy Director, IBA’s Arabic Radio
Translator of Arabic Schoolbooks
David Bedein, MSW
Director, Center for Near East Policy Research
Founder, The Israel Resource News Agency
TIME: 12.30 – 2pm, Thursday 4th...