From Oslo To Geneva

Regardless of whether they support the November 24 “interim” (6 month) agreement with Iran or not, many commentators have characterized the agreement as “unprecedented,” and many have even criticized Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for...

Local Lawmakers: Show Me How the Money Is Spent!

http://www.jewishexponent.com/local-lawmakers-show-me-how-the-money-is-spent Four local Republican mem­bers of Congress have been pressing the U.S. State Department over American funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the controversial organization that assists Palestinian refugees and their des­cendants. U.S....

As both sides wait for Kerry, the refugee camps boil

http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-both-sides-wait-for-kerry-the-refugee-camps-boil/ The explosion Sunday on a bus in Bat Yam didn’t come as a surprise; far from it. The territories are generally heating up, with the feeling that the political process is going nowhere, the expanded...

UNRWA: 64 Years Later

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/m-unrwa_64_years_later.html "A great evil has been loosed upon the world," said former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel Patrick Moynihan, following a 1975 United Nations Resolution declaring Zionism as a "form of racism...

The unique tragedy of the Palestinian refugees

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/12/19/The-unique-tragedy-of-the-Palestinian-refugees-.html The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees. The films, pictures, slides and prints the organization has collected on the plight of the refugees will now be displayed...

The Palestinian refugees — a reality check

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6651 Western policymakers and media have misconstrued/misrepresented the Palestinian refugee issue, ignoring its global context and core data. Moreover, the Palestinian claim of dispossession -- which impacts the U.S. financial aid to UNRWA, and is...

The U.N.’s ‘Year of Solidarity’ with the Palestinians

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/joseph-klein/the-u-n-s-year-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinians/ In yet another display of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel bias, the United Nations decided that observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People annually on November 29th was simply not enough. November 29th was...

The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency is a farce

http://www.i24news.tv/app.php/en/opinion/131208-the-un-s-palestinian-refugee-agency-is-a-farce With much international media coverage, a photo exhibition called “The Long Journey” opened at the end of November in the old city of Jerusalem. A few dozen black and white images from the archives...

Has Kerry Heard of the Palestinians’ “Hitler”?

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4104/palestinians-hitler-jamal-abu-al-rub Abbas, it seems, has lost control not only over the Gaza Strip, but also his Fatah faction. The widespread support for "Hitler" reflects the state of dissatisfaction with Abbas and his top aides....

U.S. Court Urged to Reject Israel’s Move to Block Key Witness in Bank of...

Lawyers for the family of Daniel Wultz, a 16-year-old American killed in a suicide bombing in Israel in 2006, asked a U.S. federal court on Tuesday to reject Israel’s attempt to prevent a key...