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It is a foregone conclusion that the UN General Assembly will vote to renew the UNRWA mandate this Friday, December 13th,  which will once again confine descendants of Arab refugees from the 1948 war to yet another three years of “temporary” refugee perpetuity. The question remains: Will UNRWA donor nations insist on reasonable conditions for the UNRWA mandate renewal? You can make a difference if you send this letter or a version of it, to ten major donors to UNRWA, with the contact information of their UN ambassadors listed below.  

Dear Ambassador… 

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We are asking you, as a representative in the General Assembly of one of the ten donor nations which contribute the most money to UNRWA, to ensure conditions are imposed on UNRWA’s operations. 

Here are several conditions we recommend: 

1. Cancel the new UNRWA curriculum 

The new curriculumincorporates principles of Jihad, martyrdom and “right of return” by force of arms, in UN schools which are supposed to promote the UNRWA slogan of “Peace Starts Here.”  The path to peace begins in the classroom – but not in these classrooms where Palestinian children are taught that they must fight Israel to control all the land from the Jordan River to the sea. 

And in that proposed scenario, what is to become of the Jews?  Please watch the movie at this link: https://vimeo.com/370467523 as children declare that all the Jews currently living in the state of Israel will be eliminated.. 

2. Cease paramilitary training in all UNRWA schools 

UNRWA should demonstrate commitment to UN principles for “peace education”; the training of child soldiers is in flagrant violation of UN principles and international law. 

3. Insist that UNRWA dismiss employees affiliated with Hamas. 

In accordance with laws on the books in many Western nations, it is forbidden to provide aid to any agency that employs members of a terrorist organization. 

  1. Demand fiscal transparency– all donor funds that flow to UNRWA should be audited.  Since the UN itself does not provide any funds, there is no internal audit going on.

This would address widespread documented reports of wasted resources, duplication of services and the undesired flow of cash to Gaza-based terror groups, which have gained control over UNRWA operations in Gaza over the past 18 years. 

5. Introduce UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) standards to UNRWA 

This move will serveto advance the resettlement of Arab refugees, after 67 years of stagnation and suffering. Current UNRWA policy is that refugee resettlement would interfere with the “right of return” to Arab villages that existed before 1948 and so no real attempt is made at resettlement. 

Further, according to UNRWA, refugee status is inherited and therefore Palestinian refugees now number about five million.  The UNHCR, the one refugee agencey dealing with al the millions of refugees in the world except for Palestinian Arabs, does not endorse inherited status so all other refugees in the world are resettled with relative efficiency. 

It is essential that such conditions be introduced in UNRWA’s ongoing operations, so that the next generation is not trained to revere violence, Jihad and martyrdom…all in the name of the “right of return” to villages which existed before 1948. Only then can efforts to negotiate peace stand a chance. 

Top donors to UNRWA to approach: 

German  Ambassador to the UN: Christoph Heusgen
[email protected]
212-9400-460 212-940-0408, 646-912 -5029,       

2.  UK -Annual Donation:   $92,754,569
British Ambassador to  the UN: Dame Karen Pierce
[email protected]
[email protected]
212-745-9370, 212-745-9316, 917-750-7241. 

  1. Sweden– Annual  Donation:    $64,999,762
    Swedish Ambassador to the UN
    Olof Skoog
    [email protected]  (note: this email not confirmed)
    [email protected]
    212-583-2543         917-239-0941 
  2. Japan   Annual Donation-  $44,999,224
    Japanese Ambassador to the UN: H. E. Mr. Ishikane Kimihiro
    Web site says email is: [email protected]
    212-521-1509          212-521-0671 
  3. Norway – Annual Donation: $36,278,753$
    Norwegian Ambassador Mona Juul,  likely email: [email protected]
    [email protected]
    646-430-7517,        646-642-9910 
  4. Switzerland– Annual Donation:$27,828,599
    Swiss Ambassador to the UN: Jurg Lauber
    Guess his email is [email protected]
    And also use [email protected]
    212-286-1540 ext 1144, 212-286-1555 
  5. Canada      Annual Donation: $27,828,599
    Canadian Ambassador to the UN  Marc-Andre Blanchard
    [email protected]
    212-848-1111 

Italian Ambassador to the UN: Mariangela Zappia
[email protected]
[email protected] 

646-840-5360 

  1. Australia    Annual Donation: $ 16,017,103
    Australian Ambassador to the UN: Mitch Fifield,
    [email protected]      [email protected]
    212-351-6634            212-351-6610 

10. Denmark   Annual Donation: $14,475,903                                            Danish Ambassador to UN: Martin Bille Herman
E-mail  [email protected] 

 


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David Bedein is Bureau Chief of Israel Resource News Agency, presenting news items and analyses not often seen in your standard mainstream electronic or print media, even if you live in the Middle East. He is the Author of "Genesis of the Palestinian Authority", published in March 2017 and "Roadblock to Peace: How the UN Perpetuates the Arab-Israeli Conflict: UNRWA Policies Reconsidered", published in May, 2014.