Tag: Cities

Den palestinska myndighetens donationsmotor

När det gäller humanitärt bistånd till den palestinska myndigheten finns det ingen transparens. Resultatet av det har blivit att en förmögen palestinsk elit bygger exklusiva bostäder runt Ramallah och utlämnar tusentals dåligt byggda bostäder utan...

The Palestinian Authority donor machine

When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency does not exist. The result has become a wealthy Palestinian elite that builds exclusive neighborhoods around Ramallah, leaving thousands of shoddily constructed apartments without...

Antisemitism’s perfect storm

It’s the world’s oldest bigotry and it’s on the rise again. Antisemitism is associated with the darkest chapters of human history when humanity abandons civilised moral codes. Societies and ideologies which embrace it typically...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 11-16, 2019)

This week, the return march was characterized by a relatively high level of violence. Many IEDs, grenades and Molotov cocktails were thrown at IDF forces. Palestinians attempted to damage the security fence and even...

Palestinian Authority textbooks – An issue in the 2019 Israeli elections?

Over the past three years, the Center for Near East Policy Research headed by journalist David Bedein conducted three comprehensive studies of all Palestinian Authority school textbooks used by UNRWA, the PA and Hamas...

Deny UNRWA’s Bid for Undeserved Mandate Renewal

The United Nations General Assembly mandate for the scandal-ridden United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is coming up for renewal shortly. The renewal request should be...

Warum ist es wichtig, die in den UNRWA-Schulen verwendeten Lehrbücher der palästinensischen Autonomiebehörde ins...

Deutschland, eine demokratische Macht in Europa mit einer weltweiten Friedenspolitik, ist ein Hauptspenderstaat sowohl für die Palästinensische Autonomiebehörde (PA) als auch für das Hilfswerk der Vereinten Nationen (UNRWA) für die palästinensischen Flüchtlinge von 1948...

Theatre of the absurd

We have experienced acts of absurdity this past week so ludicrous as to defy any sort of logical explanation. The main act in this ongoing theatre of the absurd has been the farcical drama associated...

Home and away

Like the long-running Australian soap opera, this week’s local and overseas events contained a kaleidoscope of drama, villains and recurring themes. With election fever now ratcheting up, it seems evident that increasing numbers of potential...

David Bedein addresses the UK Zionist Federation on the subject of “The UK...

David Bedein is an MSW community organizer and an investigative journalist. In 1987, Bedein established the Israel Resource News Agency at Beit Agron to accompany foreign journalists in their coverage of Israel, to balance...