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Legislators who Fund UNRWA Confronted with Reality of… UNRWA Education for War

11 December 2014   To: Ms. Imogen Atkinson Office of David Burrowes MP, Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate From: David Bedein, Director, Israel Resource News Agency & Center for Near East Policy Research Thank you for your kind...

“Perpetuating Statelessness” – UNRWA its activities and funding

Eve Swabe, Tony Etherton, Tanya Warburg and Helene Briskman of the B’nai B’rith London Bureau of International Affairs recently attended an event at Portcullis House, organised by the Henry Jackson Society in conjunction with...

Palestinian Activist Bassem Eid Calls for UNRWA Reform

VOI's Arab Affairs correspondent and founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, Bassem Eid, explains his plan to to reform UNRWA. http://www.voiceofisrael.com/palestinian-activist-calls-bassem-eid-calls-unrwa-reform/
UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza. Photo: United Nations

A Palestinian Refugee Explains Why He Doesn’t Want UNRWA’s Help Ever

In a candid interview with Arab Affairs correspondent Bassem Eid, VOI's Molly Livingstone gets to the personal issue of why a Palestinian refugee doesn't believe that UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) truly...

Another Chris Gunness UNRWA talking point exploded

One of the criticisms of UNRWA is that it, uniquely among refugee agencies, confers refugee status on all descendants of refugees through the male line forever. UNRWA has answered this by saying that the UNHCR...

Jewish Refugees, UNRWA. and Israel: Setting the Record Straight

On today’s show, VOI’s Melanie Phillips investigates claims that the UN Relief and Works Agency incites Arab hatred and violence against Israel. She talks to critics Bassam Eid, Arnon Groiss and David Bedein as...

Fisking an UNRWA hack on Twitter in real time

n 2012, Jennifer Rubin reported in WaPo: Early last year set up a D.C. “liaison” office. With whom is it liaisoning? Mostly Congress, it turns out. U.S. law forbids the United Nations from lobbying...

Palestinian human rights activist implores Malala: No money to Hamas, UNRWA

Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid is asking Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai to keep her promise to share her award money with the children of the Gaza Strip but to prevent the...

‘Fix UNRWA’ elicits boycott call

A LIVELY Opinion published in last week’s Intermountain Jewish News has garnered calls for boycott from a top advocate for Palestinian refugees. The op-ed by Bassem Eid, “As a proud Palestinian, I say: Palestinians must...

Rising above personal attacks, the time has come to examine UNRWA policy

United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness launched personal attacks this week against a Palestinian critic of UNRWA who wrote an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post, followed by a vitriolic attack against...