Tag: UNRWA Funding

A Republican senator has vowed to continue holding up a portion of US aid to Palestinians due to a controversial program that provides payments to families of individuals who kill Israelis. “As long as there is any...

UNRWA agrees to and unprecedented new policy against incitement and violence. Will that policy hold? On July 14, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA CommissionerGeneral of UNRWA. signed on to a new "memo of understanding" with the US government....

The UN agency that runs schools and social services for Palestinians is facing calls to fire employees using social media to celebrate attacks on Israelis and promote anti-Jewish hatred. Over 100 UNRWA educators and staff have...

Behind the scene with David Bedein - july 28, 2021 https://israelbehindthenews.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/BehindTheScene-20210729-V2.mp4

Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and his colleagues in the Senate, led by Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), introduced the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Accountability and Transparency Act . This...

 Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA) National President Rhoda Smolow released the following statement today following votes by the HWZOA National Board and Hadassah National Business Meeting delegates to adopt a...

News Research Analyst During the month of August, 2021, the government of Israel will define its policy towards the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israel recognized the PLO as a peace partner on September 13, 1993, in a...

July 14th 2021 Open Letter:  UN Secretary General Guterres UN Deputy Director Dr. Darko Mocibob The UNITED NATIONS mocibob@un.org Letter of Complaint- Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner General   On July 3, 2021, UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini, a Swiss citizen, gave an interview to...

Palestinian Arab Refugee Settlement Plan – a Future of Dignity (For UNRWA donor nations to consider) https://israelbehindthenews.com/2021/02/10/unrwa-donor-nations-2020/ Foster a New approach to UNRWA Help five million residents stuck in fifty nine "temporary" UNRWA refugee camps since 1948 to...

Language from the House Appropriations Bill. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20210701/112878/HMKP-117-AP00-20210701-SD003.pdf Page 63: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).—Pursuant to section 7048(d), funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to UNRWA unless the Secretary of State determines and...