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‘UNRWA is missing the point entirely’
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer responded to UNRWA’s statement in which it announced a probe into alleged anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias by its staffers which was exposed in a UN Watch report.
“UNRWA’s reply...
Band-aids don’t work
Trying to staunch major traumas with band-aids is a losing strategy.
The following quote I read recently precisely sums up some of the challenges we face at the moment and our often inadequate responses:
“We don’t...
Statement of UNRWA on the use of PLO school books
Statement From: "ALRIFAI, Tamara"
(UNRWA SPOKESWOMAN, JULY 31, 2021)
Q:As a result of the memo with the US, will UNRWA be making any revisions in its curriculum?
A: UNRWA does not have a curriculum, nor does it...
FSWC Once Again Urges Canada to Suspend Funding to UNRWA After Report Reveals Dozens...
Media Release
Toronto (August 3, 2021) – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is once again calling on Canada to suspend its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...
Envoy will first need to root out anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party
U.S. President Joe Biden’s choice of Emory Professor Deborah Lipstadt as America’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism has not been greeted with the unqualified approval that might have been expected for such...
Texts remain in UNRWA schools despite anti-incitement agreement
UNRWA agrees to an unprecedented new policy against incitement and violence. Will that policy hold?
On July 14, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General of UNRWA. signed on to a new "memo of understanding" with the US government.
The...
What will change after the memo of understanding between the US and UNRWA?
On July 14 – a little more than two weeks ago – Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA's Commissioner-General, signed a memo of understanding with the US.
The key point of the document is that a donor country...
Republican senator’s hold on US funding to Palestinian territories remains in place
A Republican senator has vowed to continue holding up a portion of US aid to Palestinians due to a controversial program that provides payments to families of individuals who kill Israelis.
“As long as there is any...
Texts remain in UNRWA schools depite agreement
UNRWA agrees to and unprecedented new policy against incitement and violence. Will that policy hold?
On July 14, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA CommissionerGeneral of UNRWA. signed on to a new
"memo of understanding" with the US government....
Ben & Jerry’s founders speak out on Israel boycott, say they’re ‘men of principle’
American-Israeli professor of international law Eugene Kontorovich explains the legal repercussions Ben & Jerry's could face after boycotting sales in Israel.
