Tag: UNRWA
UNRWA spokespeople: from Humanitarian Concerns to Tendentious Advocacy
Statement by UNRWA Spokesperson, Chris Gunness
UNRWA is dismayed by the deaths and injuries in Gaza today of dozens of civilians, including children. The Agency unreservedly condemns the excessive use of force employed against demonstrators,...
RESPONSE TO UNRWA ATTACKS ON OUR FILM, UNRWA UPRISING
UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness has charged that the film “is a catalogue of misrepresentation.” He charges that, “There is no evidence whatsoever to substantiate the claim that UNRWA supported the so called “Great March”,...
UNRWA and Canada – the lie continues
UNRWA has hired a sophisticated high power PR firm, Marathon Strategies, which plants information in high places to convey the impression that UNRWA carries out necessary reforms.
In 2009, Canada had cancelled its funding of the...
Confirmed – US Congressional GAO investigation of PA texts taught in UNRWA schools completed:...
A journalist and constituent of Sen. James Risch (R-IDAHO), the chairman of the US Senate Near East Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked the GAO (Government Accountability Office) asked Senator Risch about...
Let My People Know
US is a prime funder of UNRWA education. Therefore US Congress conducted its first GAO study of new PA texts used in UNRWA schools Yet the US State Department has now asked Congress to not publicize the...
Summary of April 17 2018 Mtg with Advisor at US Mission to the UN
Dear…
It was good to see you this week, following lectures that our agency, which focuses its energies on UNRWA (1), provided for the public concerning UNRWA policies (2).
Many thanks for taking the time to meet.
To review...
Use UNRWA’s financial crisis to end its shameful apartheid system
UNRWA, the United Nations agency tasked with caring for Palestinian refugees and their descendants in perpetuity, is facing what it terms its worst financial crisis ever. “Crisis” is an exaggeration, but the agency undoubtedly...
EU parliament pledges to continue funding UNWRA, calls on Trump to renew pledge
The European Parliament has pledged to continue funding UNWRA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in a resolution adopted during this week’s parliament plenary session in...
The case for shuttering UNRWA schools’ doors closed…permanently
The US government decision to suspend funds to UNRWA schools until reforms take place in UNRWA has raised some eyebrows.
Why did the US suspend funds to UNRWA in the first place?
Since 1999, Hamas has...
The reasons why America needs to stop supporting UNRWA
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made headlines on Jan. 2 by saying that President Donald Trump has decided to stop funding UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency, until the...