Terrorists Using UNRWA Schools for Rallies

From Arutz Sheva - Israel National News: 18:24 Dec 10, '05 / 9 Kislev 5766 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu ...

Hamas terrorists are using United Nations schools and office to stage rallies, according to the Israel Resource News Agency, headed by journalist David Bedein.

..."there have been instances of Hamas rallies on the school grounds of UNRWA schools," said Arlene Kushner, who works with Bedein. U.N. officials denied the accusations.

Speaking at a conference of United Nations correspondents, Bedein said his investigations raised questions about a "moral code" at UNRWA. Kushner reported that a school organized by the relief agency held a service commemorating the death of an Islamic Jihad terrorist killed by the IDF. She added that UNRWA intentionally keeps tension high in villages where it operates.

... UNRWA is a separate agency dealing only with Arabs in Israel as opposed to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees which handles problems of other people throughout the world. The High Commission employs people from all nationalities but the UNRWA staff of 25,000 is made up only local Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs. ....The agency's yearly budget is $400 million and will more than double in the next two years, according to the Palestinian Authority (PA) information services.

The agency's Liaison Officer Maher Nasser warned that eliminating the agency, as several American Congressman have suggested, would have severe political ramifications. ...