Tag: UNRWA
Remove UNRWA from city, and treat Arabs as residents, says Jerusalem mayor
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is “bolstering terrorism,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the Knesset Interior Committee on Wednesday during a special meeting to discuss a plan by the Jerusalem Municipality to remove...
UNRWA announces job with overly high salary, benefits
Despite major budget cuts, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) posted a job last month paying 14 times the average annual Palestinian income.
The position of director of external relations...
Jerusalem mayor announces that city will evict UNRWA
The city of Jerusalem will evict the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in light of the organization’s illegal activities and incitement of Palestinians against Israel, according to Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday.
In a...
Will Belgium Place Reasonable Conditions on Renewed Funds for UNRWA?
The Brussels Times reports that Belgium has doubled its funds to help UNRWA meet its budgetary deficit
http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/12665/belgium-doubls-its-contribution-to-the-un-for-palestinian-refugees
The question is whether Belgium will transfer funds to UNRWA with six reasonable conditions that reflect the principles...
Defunded by US, an unreformed UNRWA finds European support
During the recent 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly, while much of the content focused on the words of speakers in the plenum, the real action took place on the sidelines. While Palestinian...
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...