Germany is currently the top donor nation to UNRWA, contributing nearly $170 million in 2019. Experts say that UNRWA’s textbooks promote “the delegitimization of Israel and the Jews in what they call ‘Palestine.’ ”
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Israeli NGOs Applaud Jail Term for Bedouin Man Convicted of Polygamy
An Israeli Bedouin resident of the Negev desert was sentenced to seven months in prison this past week by the Beersheva Magistrates Court for practicing polygamy. The sentencing was welcomed by the Israeli NGO Regavim, whose mission is to preserve Israel’s resources, and which has been studying and monitoring the practice of polygamy in the Bedouin sector for years.
Judea, Samaria Jewish Leaders in Hebron Pray for Trump
A group of political leaders representing the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria gathered in Hebron on Monday morning outside the Cave of the Patriarchs for a prayer session wishing U.S. President Donald Trump success in tomorrow’s presidential election.
Israel: Tackling Phony Social-Media Accounts ‘Major Strategic Challenge to be Dealt with’
The report shares the results of a Ministry of Strategic Affairs study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy.
Watchdog: EU Donates Tens of Millions to NGOs Linked to Palestinian Terror, Anti-Semitism
The new report states that in 2019, at least three grants totaling 5.8 million euros (nearly $6.9 million) involve NGOs with ties to the PFLP.
Despite COVID-19, and Partly Because of it, Jewish-Arab Business Partnerships Progress
The Integrated Business Roundtable, founded with the belief that the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians will come through investment in high-quality enterprises, held its second annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum.
Tackling the ‘Tour,’ Israelis Cycle Their Way to History
For the first time in its 107-year-old history, a team representing the State of Israel is dressed in blue-and-white jerseys and participating in the 21-stage Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
Diplomacy Marches on its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare for UAE Delegation
Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing from Tel Aviv aboard an El Al Boeing 737 aircraft and in an unprecedented occurrence flying over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first-ever visit towards normalization between Israel and the UAE.
A Bumpy Approach to Start of School Year in Israel on Sept. 1
Teachers taking on new subjects, students going part-time, parents concerned with space and schedules—like other countries, kinks in the system due to the ongoing coronavirus are starting to show.
Group of 700-Plus Individuals from India Slated to make Aliyah
The Bnei Menashe have continued to practice Judaism just as their ancestors did, including observing the Sabbath, keeping kosher, celebrating the festivals and following the laws of family purity.