Netherlands Becomes Second Country to Suspend UNRWA Funding Over Corruption Allegations Against Palestinian Refugee Agency by Algemeiner Staff

Daily Edition July 31, 2019 WORLD ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OPINION CULTURE FEATURES Top News Netherlands Becomes Second Country to Suspend UNRWA Funding Over Corruption Allegations Against Palestinian Refugee Agency by Algemeiner Staff The allegations of systematic corruption at the highest levels of UNRWA — the United Nations body dedicated solely to Palestinian refugees and their descendants.....More ‘Israel’s Enemies Are Guatemala’s Enemies,’ Leading Presidential Candidate Says Ahead of Final Vote by Algemeiner Staff As Guatemala heads to the second and deciding round of voting of a tempestuous presidential election campaign in less than two weeks......More Number of Antisemitic Outrages in UK Continues to Climb in 2019, New Security Report Reveals by Algemeiner Staff Antisemitic incidents in Great Britain reached a peak for the third year running in the first six months of 2019, resulting in the “highest ever” number of outrages.....More Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Agrees With Claim That There Are ‘White Supremacist Jews’ by Benjamin Kerstein Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York agreed on Tuesday with an interviewer’s claim that there were “white supremacist Jews”......More US Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the US Treasury Department’s Office......More Israeli Company Announces Successful Trial of Radiation Vaccine by Algemeiner Staff An Israeli company announced on Wednesday that it had developed a highly-effective vaccine against radiation poisoning.......More Opinion The BBC — Like Other Media Outlets — Ignores the UNRWA Ethics Story by Hadar Sela In 2017, the BBC expanded its links with the news agency AFP as part of its news-gathering process. Unlike many other media outlets — including the corporation’s preferred paper The Guardian.......More Columbus as a Source of Jewish Pride? by Harold Brackman This time of year, we should all remember Christopher Columbus, who many argue is a Jewish figure. Despite documentation that he was a Genoese weaver’s son, there are persistent claims that Columbus was really born in Spain’s Catalonia......More New York Times Tries to Tie Lox to Cancer, But Readers Resist by Ira Stoll Just before Hannukah, the New York Times published an article warning of the health risks of eating fried potatoes. In May, the same newspaper prompted reader complaints with the strange claim.......More  After Condoning Hamas, CAIR Slams Pro-Israel Saudi Blogger by John Rossomando The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) markets itself as a civil rights group, and claims that it’s an American organization focused on the interests of American Muslims.......More   BECOME AN ALGEMEINER MEMBER SIGN UP A FRIEND SEND A NEWS TIP  FACEBOOK  TWITTER Copyright ©2018 Algemeiner.com. All Rights Reserved. 208 East 51st St, Suite 185, New York, NY 10022