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...

Did You Know There is a Palestinian Airlines…With 140 Employees on the Books?

Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid noticed something strange during his research in to the spending of the Palestinian Authority. I was not aware that there was a Palestinian Airlines either, but then again, I was also not aware...

Response to UNRWA Director of Education on World Teachers’ Day

In a letter to UNRWA's teachers on UNESCO's World Teachers' Day, October 5, 2020, Dr. Caroline Pontefract, UNRWA's Director of Education, speaks of UNRWA's commitment "to ensure that each and every Palestine refugee student...

UN Dollars for Terror

Reading the material on the website for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), one gets a picture of "a relief and development agency, providing education, healthcare, social services and emergency...

Will the Casino in Jericho Once Again Open its Doors to Israeli clients?

Israeli gamblers will be disappointed: Following the IDF withdrawal from Palestinian cities, including Jericho, the Palestinians announced that the Jericho casino is prepared to open its gates to masses of gamblers, however the IDF...

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...

UNRWA Terrorist Connections?

WILTON, CONN. - The fire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is frying some strange fish on Capitol Hill. On the hook are the United Nations, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and the UN Relief and...

How Palestinian Arabs Have Been Transformed From Being the Aggressor to the Victim

Operation Guardian of the Walls According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the 11 days of Operation Guardian of the Walls, more than 4,360 rockets were intentionally launched at densely populated Israeli cities,...

Official PA radio news – The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio: January 23

Summary and Analysis Minister of Information Yasser Abd-Rabbo led off the morning new show as the featured morning interviewee on VOP, underscoring a very pessimistic view of the state of the talks with Israel. Abd-Rabbo...

Institute for Contemporary Affairs, founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation

http://jcpa.org/article/crisis-peace-talks/ Vol. 14, No. 9 April 10, 2014 In March 2014, Saeb Erekat, the head of the Palestinian negotiating team, prepared a 65-page document that surveys the diplomatic process and offers a list of recommendations for...