Tag: UNRWA
UN Raises Funds for UNRWA Financial Crisis That Does Not Exist
As of December 31, 2017, UNRWA posted a financial statement that its income rested at a stable $1.2 billion, stemming from donations from 68 donor nations and 27 other sources.
http://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/overalldonor_ranking.pdf
Yet on September 27, The...
Belgium cuts funding for PA schools, based on report
In response to PMW’s report that the Palestinian Authority had named two schools after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, Belgium reacted promptly by severing all financial support to the P.A. Ministry of Education.
PMW exposed that Belgium had forced the...
Bringing down UNRWA
Coincidence played a part in getting the truth out about UNRWA: Hard work made it available.
I happened to sit next to someone from Trump’s transition team in December 2016 at a conference in Jerusalemn and...
What the AP Intelligence Correspondent Needs to Ask
David Bedein, Director.
Susannah George, AP Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, this week published a feature “Trump administration cuts aid funding for Palestinian refugees”*, which overlooked two vital issues.
First, that the US cutback to UNRWA...
Special envoy Greenblatt: ‘Palestinian leadership is not talking to us—much to their detriment’
Tasked by U.S. President Donald Trump to help reach the “deal of the century,” Jason Greenblatt, who serves as one of Trump’s top Middle East envoys, has a herculean task before him: to help...
Peace Education Opportunity
For the past few months, ever since the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem, the US government officials have been discussing what gesture the US could make to the Palestinian Arab people.
“Peace Education” would...
Netanyahu slams UNRWA for ‘perpetuating refugees;’ praises US decision to slash funding
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the United States for its decision to slash payments to the controversial UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) organization.
On Friday, the administration...
Inaccurate news item: “Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for Palestinian...
Dear Editor,
“Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for Palestinian refugees“ Washington Post, August 30, 2018.
represents an inaccurate news item.
Following the US government decision to cut off $65 million from the annual...
What’s on and off the table when it comes to Middle East peace
Long eluding his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from attempting to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has called the “deal of the century.”
Trump has broken with previous administrations by...
UNRWA lobbyists: Israel and Saudia Arabia keep it afloat as US funds dry up
The Israeli defense establishment is the strongest advocate for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the country. In the United States, UNRWA’s strongest lobbyist is Saudi Arabia. In recent months, both the Israeli...