Palestine Assumes Leadership of the Powerful G77 Bloc at the United Nations. Here’s what that means Mark Leon Goldberg January 15, 2019The Group of 77, or G77, is the single largest voting bloc at the United Nations. And in 2019, it will be chaired for the first time by Palestine.Palestine has unique status at the United Nations. It is not a full-fledged member state. Rather, it is what i...
“Disrupting” UNRWA Means Disrupting School for 500,000 Palestinian Children Mark Leon Goldberg August 8, 2018The UN agency that provides humanitarian relief for Palestinian refugees is coming under assault from the Trump administration. Again. Late last week, Foreign Policy reported that the Trump administration was seeking to abolish the UN Relief and Works Agency,...
PODCAST: Understanding Trump’s Jerusalem Gamble Mark Leon Goldberg May 14, 2018Editor’s note. This podcast was originally published in December, following news that the Trump administration would move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That move happened today, in a ceremony in Jerusalem attended by top American off...
The UN Agency That Provides Humanitarian Relief for Palestinian Refugees is Facing a Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg March 30, 2018The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, is facing a crisis. This is the humanitarian agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. This includes running hospitals and schools tha...
Will the Trump Administration Upend Decades of US Policy and Cut Relief Aid to Palestinian Refugees? Mark Leon Goldberg January 3, 2018Is the United States about to cut off American funding for the UN agency that provides humanitarian aid for Palestinian refugees? A tweet from President Trump and remarks from Ambassador Nikki Haley seem to suggest that the US is considering such a move.I...
UN Vote on Jerusalem Tests the Power of Trump’s Threats and Ultimatums Mark Leon Goldberg December 21, 2017UPDATE II: The resolution passes with 128 countries voting in favor; 9 against; and 35 abstentions. As you can see from the list below, Trump's threat yesterday to cut off aid to countries who vote against the United States did not seem to hold much sway. This...
Understanding Trump’s Jerusalem Gamble Mark Leon Goldberg May 14, 2017Editor's note. This podcast was originally published in December, following news that the Trump administration would move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That move happened today, in a ceremony in Jerusalem attended by top American off...
No group illustrates the potential impact of long term refugee status like Palestinians Kimberly Curtis June 8, 2016No group illustrates the potential impact of long term refugee status like Palestinian refugees. While the global average for time spent as a refugee is 17 years, Palestinian refugees have held that status for 66 years. Unlike other refugee groups that fall un...
Empowering Youth in Palestine and the Arab World: Q&A with Tafeeda Jarbawi Penelope Chester September 29, 2015How one NGO trying to advance dignity and create opportunity for Palestinians
