Tag: UNRWA

Comments on the 2021 Georg Eckert Institute’s Report on Palestinian Textbooks

(This piece was first published by IMPACT-SE: https://www.impact-se.org/a-middle-east-scholars-evaluation-of-the-george-eckert-institute-report-on-palestinian-textbooks/) The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research has recently completed a research of 174 textbooks and 16 teachers' guides for grades 1-12 published by the Palestinian...

Two Arabs who beat rabbi in Jaffa riots handed community service sentences

Two Arabs convicted of beating a rabbi and a yeshiva director in an anti-Semitic attack will not spend any time in jail, but instead have been handed community service sentences of less than one...

No EU policy to pressure UNRWA to stop incitement in their schools

Following press reports that the European Union now conditions further funding of UNRWA on the eradication of incitement in the UNRWA curriculum, The Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research asked the spokesperson of...

UN Human Rights Council head shuts down testimony on anti-Semitic UNRWA teachers

The president of the UN Human Rights Council shut down Saturday the Zoom testimony of an expert group on UNRWA teachers’ anti-Semitism because she considered it an unacceptable personal attack on the educators. Hillel Neuer,...

Interview with David Bedein following the Sept. 26 elections in Germany

1. What do you hope for from the federal election and the new federal government in Germany? I expect and hope that the German federal government will rethink its aid to the Palestinian Authority and...

Updated internship possibilities

1. Intelligence operations of the Palestine Liberation Organization   2. Reoier=Palestinian cultural activities: theatre, art, youth clubs.   3. Interview Palestinians freed in prisoner exchanges   4. Examine United Nations Relief and Works Agency refugee camp policies.   5. Profile Arab communities in Lod, Ramle, Acre and Jaffa   6. Report on Middle East policies of the...

Gaza factions increase calls to revoke US-UNRWA agreement

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian factions in Gaza organized a conference on Sept. 14 to call for the revocation of the framework between the United States and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...

An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls...

During Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 10-21, 2021, the Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip launched 4,360 rockets at Israeli cities and towns in a systematic attempt to harm as many civilians as possible....

US officials in charge of current american UNRWA policy

Izzo Jackson, NancySenior Bureau OfficialBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Albright, RichardActing Principal Deputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Cross, SarahDeputy Assistant SecretaryBureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Youth, Marta CostanzoDeputy...

New Movie, shot on location in Gaza – “The UNRWA child soldier”

In August, 2021, The Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research dispatched a TV crew to Gaza to cover military summer camps for UNRWA students, age 10--17: "THE UNRWA CHILD SOLDIER" German Version https://vimeo.com/589380205 Hebrew Version   https://vimeo.com/586348770   English version https://vimeo.com/589381818