Reminder: AICE Update: Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future?
[{"sender": "Mitchell Bard", "recipients": ["jeevacation@gmail.com"], "timestamp": "6/13/2019 12:46:24 PM", "subject": "Reminder: AICE Update: Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future?", "body": "Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future?\nA great international hue and cry followed the \nTrump administration's announcement the U.S. \nwould no longer fund the UN Relief and Works  \nAgency (UNWRA) because it is an \n\"irredeemably flawed operation.\" Historically, \nthe United States was the organization's \nbiggest funder — in 2017, the U.S. covered \nnearly one-third of the agency's budget of $1.1 \nbillion. Angered by the Palestinians' refusal to \n- \nrestart peace talks with Israel, however, the administration cut its \ncontribution in early 2018 from $364 million to $60 million before \nceasing payments altogether.\n\nClick here to read more...  \n\nDonate Today \n\nHow Obama Blew the Chance for Economic Peace \nby Mitchell Bard \nIln 2009, Barack Obama had an \nunprecedented opportunity to advance the \npeace process between Israel and the \nPalestinians. For the first time, the \nPalestinians had a prime minister who was \nrespected and admired by the Israelis, \nbecause he did not come from the same \nterrorist background as Yasser Arafat and \nMahmoud Abbas. Unlike his ideological \ncomrades who insisted on \"liberating Palestine,\" Salam Fayyad, was \ninterested in building the infrastructure for a future state, \nstrengthening the West Bank economy, and improving the lives of the \nPalestinian people. \n\nClick here to read more...  \n\nLast Survivor of Sobibor Uprising Dies \nOn June 3, 2019, Semyon Rosenfeld, the last living Holocaust \nsurvivor who participated in the revolt and escape from the Sobibor \ndeath camp, died at the age of 97 in Israel. Rosenfeld joined the Red \nArmy in 1940. While he was fighting the Germans, his family was \nkilled by the Nazis. He was captured by the Germans in 1941 and, \ntwo years later, he was transferred to Sobibor. Rosenfeld escaped \nduring the revolt and survived by hiding in the woods until 1944. He \nthen rejoined the Red Army and participated in the capture of Berlin. \n\nClick here to read more...  \n\nViews on Israel of U.S. Presidential Candidates 2020:  \nJoe Biden  \nFormer Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., was born \nNovember 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four \nsiblings. In 1953, the Biden family moved from Pennsylvania to \nClaymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware \nand Syracuse Law School. \nOne of his first overseas visits as a senator was to Israel, on the eve \nof the 1973 Yom Kippur War during which he met GoIda Meir. \"She \nread letters and told me how this young man or woman had died and \nthis is their family. This went on for I don't know how long, and I guess \nshe could tell I was visibly moved by this, and I was getting depressed \nabout it.\" The Prime Minister said, \"Senator, don't look so sad... .we \nhave a secret weapon in our confrontation in this part of the world. \nAnd I thought she was about to lean over and tell me about a new \nsystem or something... .she said, our secret weapon, Senator, is we \nhave no place else to go. We have no place else to go.\"\n\nClick here to read more...  \n\nCheck our ongoing updates on 2020 presidential candidates \nIsrael Destroys Iraqi Nuclear Reactor - June 7, \n1981 \nJune Israel Quiz \nIsrael is 71! Test yourself with our \nIsrael quiz! \n\nClick here to take the quiz \n\nJune Holocaust Quiz \nHow much do you know about \nthe holiday of Passover? \n\nClick here to take the quiz \n\nDownload the Jewish Virtual Library App! \nClick Here to Download on the Google Play Store  \nClick Here to Download on the Apple App Store  \n\nSupport AICE When You Shop at Amazon! \nWhen shopping at Amazon, please be sure \nto shop using Amazon Smile, and select \nAICE as your chosen charity. Its an easy \nway to help out, and a portion of your \npurchase supports our projects. \n\nClick Here to Donate Today \n\nYou can also text rosh2018 to 71777 to donate \nThank You for Your Support."}]