Germany pledges €100 million to fund vital projects in Palestine
Palestine and Germany signed today a joint cooperation agreement, in which Germany pledged to support the Palestinian government with about 100 million euros during the next two years to finance projects in the Gaza...
Will Baker and Gates Leave Bush with a Defeatist Legacy?
As George W. Bush enters his final two years in office, he may be preparing a doctrine of defeatism authored by James Baker and Robert Gates that alienates allies and emboldens enemies.
Three critical decisions...
What Citizens and Legislators From Donor nations Can Do to Correct UNRWA Indiscretions; Follow...
Two news items that may have escaped public attention of late:
First news item
Israeli troops were dispatched last week to the UNRWA refugee camp in Jenin, in order to arrest sharpshooters who were firing on...
The EU is not to Blame
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-eu-is-not-to-blame/
Neither anti-antisemitism nor anti-Zionism motivate the policy that the EU has just enacted., to cut off all ties with the the Jewish communities who reside in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley,...
The City of Jerusalem in the Palestinian Authority Schoolbooks in UNRWA Use
Introduction
This research discusses the image of the city of Jerusalem as revealed in the Palestinian Authority's schoolbooks currently used in UNRWA's schools in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Seventy textbooks...
Focal issue of GAO report on PA/UNRWA textbooks: The US State Department misled the...
State reported to Congress that it had developed alternative materials to the anti-semitic and pro-incitement PA school curriculum used by UNRWA.
In the GAO report, State cannot explain why these existing alternative materials were never...
The Palestine Authority & the Death of a Prisoner
Last week , the Palestinian paramilitary police arrested three people charged with direct involvement in the death of Yousef Baba , 32, who died as a result of torture during interrogation in a Palestinian...
CHALLENGE OF THE NEW JEWISH YEAR: WILL THERE BE A NEW DISENGAGEMENT?
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/mapImages/4228b0b09c392.pdf
This link to a color coded map depicts the second withdrawal map that was approved by the government of Israel on February 20, 2005, as the second scheduled Israeli withdrawal, following the pullback and...
Israeli Checkpoints Stop Terrorists, not Elections
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3695/israeli-checkpoints-palestinian-elections
Is it true that Palestinians cannot hold new elections because of Israeli security measures?
This is a claim, often made in the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, is that the Palestinians have not been...
Is Sari Nusseibah really a “Moderate”
This coming Friday, December 10th, 2004, Boston's Jewish Community Relations Council, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti Defamation League are sponsoring Sari Nusseibah, a Palestinian whom these organizations describe as a "leading voice...