Change Perceived in Canadian UNRWA policy

David Bedein has visited Canada many times and delivered his appraisal on UNRWA, the UN's agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, on more than a few occasions. Last week, for the first time, Bedein, bureau chief...

U.S. Congressman: UNRWA amendment planned

A U.S. congressman plans to introduce an amendment that would condition U.S. funding of UNRWA on an independent audit. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives' foreign operations subcommittee, wants...

US Security Think Tank: Reject Olmert’s Unilateral Retreat Policy

A U.S. security think-tank has urged President George Bush to reject an Israeli government plan for a unilateral withdrawal from 90 percent of the West Bank. The report by the Washington-based Center for Security Policy,...

Canadian Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Secretary Hosts David Bedein in Ottawa With a Message: Canada...

David Bedein suggests Canada play a "heroic" role in turning Palestinian refugee camps into permanent communities, an idea critics says is too simplistic and does not address the refugees's right to return. Plan Would...

Peres: Withdrawal in the West Bank during the coming year

The Deputy Prime Minister believes that the consolidation in the West Bank will take place within the year if there is no change on the Palestinian side. The Israeli goal: "to get rid of...

Status Report – Nine Months after the “Disengagement”

Nine months have passed since the terrible crisis befell us and we struggle to understand that we, who built homes, hothouses and public buildings, have to start afresh. It is a painful process, difficult...

The UNRWA Connection to the UNION OF GOOD Charitable Collection Umbrella

On March 21st, 2006, the official Palestinian publication, Al Hayat Al Jedida reported that the PA Minister of Public Works, Ziad Al Zadda, acts as the deputy to the chief engineer of UNRWA in...

The Sacredness of the Right of Return

The participants in the activities to commemorate the Nakba in Ramallah demanded on Saturday the reactivation of the PLO Department of Refugee Affairs to preserve the rights of the refugees, the unity of the...

The Palestinian Authority: Facing Genuine Financial Crisis or Not?

Children are begging on the streets. The medical system is on the verge of collapse. The Palestinian Authority appears to be facing a humanitarian crisis of major dimensions - presumably because donors have decided...

Nazis ‘shipped arms to Palestinians’

British National Archives unveil presence of Nazi S.S. agents in Mandatory Palestine, working closely with Palestinian leaders Historical documents in Britain's National Archives in London show that Nazi Germany attempted to ship arms to Palestinian...