Palestinian human rights activist says UNRWA is using Palestinians as pawns

He wants the UNHCR to come up with a plan to permanently resettle the Palestinians and forget the “right of return.” Unbelievable that a Palestinian would have the guts to say that the special UN agency (UN Relief and Works Agency) set up more than sixty years ago to supposedly care for Palestinian refugees, is … Continue reading Palestinian human rights activist says UNRWA is using Palestinians as pawns

Palestinians blame their own leadership and UNRWA for the suffering of Syrian Palestinians, not Israel this time

We learned recently that many Palestinians fleeing Syria died attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.  So this first article from last week was interesting as Palestinians blamed their own factional leadership for their seeming lack of concern for the average Palestinian.   One has to read through 16 paragraphs before the word ‘Israel’ (the usual … Continue reading Palestinians blame their own leadership and UNRWA for the suffering of Syrian Palestinians, not Israel this time

Canada withdraws funds from UNRWA, the UN agency that funds Palestinian “refugees”

David Bedein reports in the Philadelphia Bulletin: Jerusalem — A senior Canadian government official has briefed officials in Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the news of Canada’s decision to defund the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) which administers 59 refugee camps for Palestinian Arab refugees and their descendents who left their homes in the … Continue reading Canada withdraws funds from UNRWA, the UN agency that funds Palestinian “refugees”