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Charades

One quote and two definitions of “charades” sum up more than adequately the Mickey Mouse situation we are currently confronted with. Quote: “your words mean nothing when your actions are the complete opposite.”  Definition 1: an absurd...

Pause to re-arm – Not a ceasefire

Almost all the media reports that a “cease-fire” was achieved after the most recent round of air attacks on Israel. The use of the term “cease-fire” is a misinterpretation of the terms in Arabic used...

Required Changes in the Palestinian Authority’s Schoolbooks

Here are clear guidelines for an overhaul in Palestinian curriculum for more than 300 PA Schools which teach  321,000 pupils who live in UNRWA facilities in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem; Avoid De-legitimization of the State...

Jewish NGOs Call UNRWA to Account 

PRESS RELEASE November 7, 2019 From press@icjw.org Jewish NGOs Call UNRWA to Account  Representatives of the International Council of Jewish Women and other Jewish NGOs at the United Nations are demanding that donor nations attach conditions to the...

Le distributeur automatique de l’Autorité palestinienne

Le sentiment général des Palestiniens est que leur gouvernement est corrompu. Sur les 1200 Palestiniens interrogés, 95,5 % ont déclaré que la corruption est endémique dans le régime dirigé par Mahmoud Abbas. En matière d'aide...

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...