Posts Tagged: UN Palestinians
It’s Time to Tell the Truth About UNRWA
In December 2017, Lebanon conducted its first-ever census of Palestinian refugees living in the country -- and the results were startling. The census workers counted 174,422 people -- a number...
Free the Palestinians: End UNRWA Funding
It is time to resolve the issue of the imprisoned Palestinian population -- the one imprisoned by the United Nations, and its own unrealistic vision of...
How UNRWA Violates the Most Basic Rule of NGOs: ‘Do No Harm’
In the 1990s, international aid groups started looking at the bigger picture -- and realized that providing aid in a vacuum can cause other problems in the...
UN Rejects Request for Increase in Palestinian Refugee Budget After Israeli Diplomatic Efforts
JNS.org - The United Nations’ Administrative and Budgetary Committee has rejected a request to increase funding for the world body’s Palestinian refugee relief agency for the...
UN Launches ‘Unprecedented’ $1.3 Billion Legal Campaign Against Israel
JNS.org - The United Nations has earmarked some $1.3 billion to fund Palestinian legal campaigns against Israel and to support the creation of an independent Palestinian...
When Will the UN Make the Palestinians Uphold Their Commitments?
Welcome to Israel’s world of ethereal expectations -- the standard of moral perfection to which it is routinely held, and the dizzying array of double standards to...
The New York Times Blames Israel For a Palestinian Refugee Camp, Failing to Mention the UN Is Perpetuating It
A recent New York Times Magazine article by Rachel Kushner, titled “We Are Orphans Here: Life and Death in East Jerusalem’s Palestinian Refugee Camp,” describes the author's observations of the...
Will Obama Launch a January Surprise at the United Nations?
Anxiety continues to roil through the pro-Israel community about a possible last-minute political move by the Obama administration that could permanently alter the Israeli-Palestinian geopolitical landscape. Forty-eight...
Canada’s Misguided Decision to Restore Funding to UNRWA
Of all the problems that dominate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, only one ensures that the conflict will never end: the growth in the number of Arab-Palestinian...
Why Are Palestinian Refugees Different From All Others?
Over the past few years, the resettlement of refugees has been one of the key issues in international politics. The horrendous conflict in Syria has forced more...
Analyzing a New UN Report for Truth and Lies About Israel
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has issued a "Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied...
Could a South China Sea Dispute Affect Palestinian Statehood?
JNS.org - Could satellite photos of a tiny island in the South China Sea affect the debate over creating a Palestinian state? The photos, released earlier this week...
The New York Times and J Street Criticized Abbas, But That Doesn’t Solve the Problem
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who recently spoke to the European Parliament in Brussels, departed from his prepared text to take his public disdain for Jews to a...
UN Human Rights Commissioner Accuses Israel of ‘Collective Punishment’ of Palestinians
JNS.org - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has accused Israel of engaging in “collective punishment” against the Palestinians following Wednesday’s...
