Tag: Palestinian Refugees
Refugees Lives Matter,’ unless they’re Palestinian
The recent news cycle has been awash with dire predictions of what awaits the Palestinian population of Gaza following a widely expected Israeli ground incursion into the southern city of Rafah. Germany warned of...
Are Jewish and Arab refugees created equal?
Following revelations that the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA colluded with Hamas in Gaza, 12 countries have withdrawn or paused their funding to the agency at time of writing, with more likely to come....
UNRWA exists to help fight the war to eradicate Israel
The revelation of ties between the U.N. aid agency and Hamas is a small part of the problem. The real issue is the purpose of the institution, which has always been to perpetuate the conflict.
Scotland offers sanctuary to Palestinians escaping Hamas war
Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf has announced plans for the country to take in refugees fleeing the war in Gaza.
“Let’s say that Scotland will be a place of sanctuary...
Israeli far-left is pushing to make Palestinian ‘return’ a viable option
Israeli diplomats across the globe have recently been reporting that what, until now, has been limited to a discourse of accepting “the other’s tragedy”—namely, the story of the 750,000 Arabs who were forced to...
Biden administration ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts
The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line...
Erdan: UNRWA ‘perpetuates’ Israeli-Palestinian conflict as donor conference underway
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan issued a strong condemnation of the U.N. Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) while an international donors conference for the agency took place in...
US abstention on anti-Israel UNRWA vote marks ‘dangerous backslide’ in policy at UN
The United States voted last week to abstain on a resolution concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the U.N.’s agency that handles Palestinian refugees—part of several resolutions put forth in...
1,500-plus rabbis rebuke US for abstention vote on UN resolution targeting Israel
The largest rabbinic public-policy organization in the United States called the Biden administration’s decision to abstain from a U.N. General Assembly draft resolution that targeted Israel “quite disappointing.”
The text, called “Assistance to Palestinian Refugees,” demands “compensation”...
Republican lawmakers introduce bill to block US foreign aid to UNRWA
Republicans in Congress are responding to the resumption of U.S. foreign aid to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by the Biden administration earlier this year by introducing a...