Posts Tagged: UNRWA Israel
After the Gaza War, We Must De-radicalize Palestinian Society
Watching the news these days it has become commonplace to portray Palestinians as double victims -- of both Hamas and Israel. Everyone from President Biden...
What UNRWA’s Leader Didn’t Tell the UN Security Council
Last Thursday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini gave a statement to the UN Security Council saying -- as the agency has said every year for decades...
Media’s UNRWA Love Affair: Incitement to Murder Jews Goes Unreported
Media outlets seem to have a soft spot for UNRWA. For the uninitiated, UNRWA is the acronym for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which...
Israel’s UN Envoy Demands Accountability After Report Exposes New Cases of Antisemitism at Palestinian Refugee Agency
Israel's envoy to the United Nations launched a fresh attack on Thursday upon UNRWA, the refugee agency solely dedicated to the Palestinians that was charged...
Exposing UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugee Lie
The Committee of the National and Islamic Forces in Gaza recently held an "emergency meeting," due to a comment made last month by the Commissioner-General...
Is the US Beginning to Take Responsibility for UNRWA?
United Nations Security Council briefings on the Middle East can be predictable. The usual talking points are repeated in monotonous tones, by the usual suspects, while...
Banished: Where Telling the Truth About Israel Got UNRWA’s Former Gaza Director
Five months after being declared "persona non grata" in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Matthias Schmale has left UNRWA. Schmale previously directed the controversial Palestinian refugee agency’s...
UNRWA and a Jewish Palestinian Refugee Family
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, is a major obstacle to peace between Israel and its neighbors. UNRWA was formed in 1949 to...
President Biden Makes History for Democrats by Condemning Palestinian Hate Education
The Biden administration has declared it will restore funding to UNRWA — though the State Department has announced conditions on the resumption of this aid....
UNRWA’s False Façade of Neutrality
Walter Eytan, Israel’s first director-general of the Foreign Ministry, made the observation that “The [Palestinian] refugees were a gift to Arab propaganda, which succeeded, by...
Rashida Tlaib Uses Coronavirus to Lobby for UNRWA
JNS.org - COVID-19 has brought about immense changes. For many, it has been a time for reflection. But for two members of Congress, it’s been...
For UNRWA, the Party’s Over
JNS.org - When I heard that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner Pierre Krahenbuhl had...
It’s Time to Close Down UNRWA
In December 1949, in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established by the UN through...
The BBC — Like Other Media Outlets — Ignores the UNRWA Ethics Story
In 2017, the BBC expanded its links with the news agency AFP as part of its news-gathering process. Unlike many other media outlets -- including the...
