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From: Mitchell Bard on behalf of Mitchell Bard Sent: 6/13/2019 12:46:24 PM To: jeevacation@gmail.com Subject: Reminder: AICE Update: Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033517 Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? A great international hue and cry followed the Trump administration's announcement the U.S. would no longer fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) because it is an "irredeemably flawed operation." Historically, the United States was the organization's biggest funder — in 2017, the U.S. covered nearly one-third of the agency's budget of $1.1 billion. Angered by the Palestinians' refusal to - HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033518 restart peace talks with Israel, however, the administration cut its contribution in early 2018 from $364 million to $60 million before ceasing payments altogether. Click here to read more... Donate Today How Obama Blew the Chance for Economic Peace by Mitchell Bard Iln 2009, Barack Obama had an unprecedented opportunity to advance the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. For the first time, the Palestinians had a prime minister who was respected and admired by the Israelis, because he did not come from the same terrorist background as Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas. Unlike his ideological comrades who insisted on "liberating Palestine," Salam Fayyad, was interested in building the infrastructure for a future state, strengthening the West Bank economy, and improving the lives of the Palestinian people. Click here to read more... HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033519 HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033520 Travel Israel Religion HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033521 New This Week Last Survivor of Sobibor Uprising Dies HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033522 On June 3, 2019, Semyon Rosenfeld, the last living Holocaust survivor who participated in the revolt and escape from the Sobibor death camp, died at the age of 97 in Israel. Rosenfeld joined the Red Army in 1940. While he was fighting the Germans, his f […]