The Case for Reforming UNRWA

UNRWA – the UN Relief and Works Agency – appears to be adopting a new face and new policies. These changes can be seen as part of a bold PR campaign to insure, first,...

The Palestine Papers and the Right of Return

Earlier this year Al Jazeera released nearly 1,700 files of Palestinian Authority documents memorializing a decade of Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East has carefully reviewed these documents which have become...

How ​to ​​facilitate a flow of donations​ for the people who dwell in UNRWA...

Not a day goes by when you do not see yet another news story about the genuine suffering of the descendants of Arab refugees who continue to wallow in the misery of the ​UNRWA...

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...

Until Messiah, forecast is cloudy skies with 100% chance of antisemitism

Many people assumed that antisemitism died with Hitler in his bunker in 1945. Alas, that was wishful thinking. In 2010, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke of the frustration of combatting antisemitism: “Forms...

UNRWA PROVIDES LAME EXCUSES FOR PRAISING TERRORIST

UNRWA says Twitter page hacked after post lauding 'famed' Palestinian terrorist Following a tweet from the UN’s agency for Palestinian relief, UNRWA, lauding a "famed" Palestinian writer who also served as the spokesperson for a...

The ​Time Has Come for UNRWA Reform: A Solution to the Palestinian Refugee Dilemma

A mantra is repeated almost every day in Middle East parlance: the need for a policy initiative that would extract the region from a simmering status quo which can only lead to a violent outcome. Israel,...

The case for shuttering UNRWA schools’ doors closed…permanently

The US government decision to suspend funds to UNRWA schools until reforms take place in UNRWA has raised some eyebrows. Why did the US suspend funds to UNRWA in the first place? Since 1999, Hamas has...

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...

Israel Support Committee of Central NJ (ISC) Hosts ‘The UNRWA Reform Initiative’

The Israel Support Committee of Central NJ (ISC) hosted a special event with The Center for Near East Policy Research on March 24, 2019 - inviting experts to present their research for the 'UNRWA...