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Schmale also denied that there were shortages of food and medical supplies in Gaza. Despite saying, “So yes they did not hit, with some exceptions, civilian targets, but the viciousness and ferocity of the strikes was heavily felt,” Schmale’s remarks produced outrage among Palestinian factions, including Hamas, which stated that his “comments are a complete distortion in favor of the Zionists including an attempt to exonerate the Occupation [and] the murder of 254 Palestinians.” Other Palestinian factions quickly argued that Schmale was “a major reason for the suffering of thousan...

On February 26th, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Brown University hosted an event featuring speakers who discussed Palestinian... Simply put, because UNRWA’s mere existence — separate from the UN’s main humanitarian agencies — is political. The title of the event, “Delivering Critical Assistance,” and Lazzarini’s speech itself, illustrate this point. While pleading for more money, Lazzarini told the story of a young person: [S]he explained to us how difficult it was to do e-learning, or distance learning, with her household of seven daughters, all of them needing a d...

Ireland added the United States, Canada, Belgium, France and Italy to its list of countries where arrivals will be subject... Earlier on Wednesday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the US was “pleased to announce that, working with Congress, we plan to restart US economic, development, and humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people.” Blinken explained that this included “$75 million in economic and development assistance in the West Bank and Gaza, $10 million for peacebuilding programs through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and $150 million in h...

Opinion Palestinians pass by the gate of an UNRWA-run school in Nablus in the West Bank, August 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Abed Omar Qusini. We have seen many times before that UNRWA schools teach students to honor terror and terrorists. UNRWA usually responds that it uses the curriculum and textbooks from its host country, and has no choice in that matter — but that it tries to modify the lessons in ways that are more consistent with UN and human rights principles. This is a lie. IMPACT-SE, the NGO that reviews textbooks in the Arab world, has found UNRWA school materials for use by studen...