Posts Tagged: UNRWA
When It Comes to UNRWA, Are the UN’s Holocaust Memorial Pledges Meaningless?
January 28, 2019, marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance week at the United Nations. Speakers at the UN Holocaust Memorial Ceremony -- “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand...
Switzerland to Examine Reports That Palestinian Textbooks Promote Violence, Racism
The Swiss government will review reports that the Palestinian curriculum promotes violence, antisemitism, and other themes that undermine a two-state solution to the conflict with...
Too Big to Fail? How UNRWA Fails the Palestinians — and the World
To the consternation of many, the US government will no longer provide $350 million a year to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
The Media’s Unredeemable ‘Reporting’ on UNRWA
JNS.org - The Washington Post's reporting on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) continues to omit key context and mislead readers. A November...
UN Palestinian Aid Agency Narrows Funding Gap After Trump Exit
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has almost closed a funding gap caused by the loss of $300 million in US contributions, its chief said...
After Funding Cut, UNRWA Employees Are Out in the Cold in Gaza
Several weeks ago, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) evacuated at least 10 international senior officials...
Is It Against International Law to Close UNRWA Facilities?
It was recently reported that outgoing mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat wants to take over UNRWA camps and facilities in the city, and replace them...
UNRWA’s Message of Hate and Indoctrination
The education of Palestinian schoolchildren must change drastically if there is ever to be a lasting negotiated peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why? Because...
The UNRWA Charade
The recent decision by the Trump administration to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was nothing less than a long overdue moral...
Palestinian Authority Demands Arab Support for Anti-Trump Diplomatic Campaign
The Palestinian Authority has decided to embark on a political and diplomatic campaign against the Trump administration, Israel's Channel Two reported on Wednesday. The Palestinian Authority's foreign...
Palestinians Say US Attacks International Law With UN Funding Cuts
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki described on Tuesday President Donald Trump's decision to halt US funding for the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA as...
Why Cutting Aid to UNRWA Is Necessary
With the sole exception of the Palestinians, international law does not grant refugee status to generation after generation of any group until the end of...
Israeli Leaders, Jewish Groups Hail Defunding of UNRWA
Israeli and Jewish leaders offered praise over the weekend for the US's decision on Friday to defund the UN's Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. In a speech...
At Last, Some Moral Clarity on UNRWA
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump’s decision to end funding for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, brings some much-needed moral clarity to the...
