The Palestinian Refugees on the Day After “Independence”
On September 2, 2010, Israel and the PLO relaunched negotiations for a political settlement to resolve their conflict, with America providing sponsorship, pressure, and go-between services, and with Egypt and Jordan providing political backing. Among...
THE INCITEMENT REPORT VOL. I, ISSUE V: Incitement by UNRWA
This report addresses the misrepresentation and incitement that is routinely found in the words of official representatives of UNRWA.
That incitement focuses on a handful of major themes, which are repeated again and again in order to...
Script: For the Sake of Nakba
The so-called “right of return” for Palestinian Arab refugees and their descendents is not a new idea.
Yet this claim — that the refugees have the right to return to villages they left in 1948...
THE INCITEMENT REPORT VOL. I, ISSUE IV: Incitement by UNRWA
This report addresses the misrepresentation and incitement that is routinely found in the words of official representatives of UNRWA.
That incitement focuses on a handful of major themes, which are repeated again and again in order to...
UNRWA:Its Role in Gaza
In December 2008, after seven years of Hamas and other terrorist groups launching rockets and mortar shells from Gaza at civilians in the south of Israel, Hamas announced that a six-month temporary ceasefire—during which...
UNRWA in Gaza and Terrorist Organizations A Cooperative Relationship
The UNRWA teachers’ union in the Gaza Strip has close to 7,000 members, the civil service sector has about 2,000 and the general UNRWA workers number about 1,500. Elections are held once every three years to...
UNRWA: Overview and Policy Critique
UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees – was founded as a humanitarian agency but has subordinated its role as a service provider to a political agenda.
It is the only UN...
The UN’s Palestinian Refugee Problem
In the aftermath of World War II, when it became apparent that millions of destitute refugees were not going to be attended to by existing organizations, the United Nations saw fit to establish an...
A Hard Look at an Agency in Trouble
UNRWA, founded as a humanitarian agency over half a century ago, has subordinated its role as a service provider to a political agenda.
The only UN agency dedicated exclusively to one group of refugees, it operates...
UNRWA: Links to Terror
UNRWA
Founding
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East was established on December 8, 1949, by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 302 (IV), to ìcarry outÖdirect relief and works programmesÖî for...