David Bedein
David Bedein (born August 31, 1950) is an MSW, a community organizer by profession, a writer, and an investigative journalist.[1] In 1987 he established the Israel Resource News Agency,[2] with offices at the Beit Agron Intβl Press Center in Jerusalem. He serves as Director of the Center for Near East Policy Research.
Mr. Bedein has also reported for news outlets such as CNN Radio, Makor Rishon, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jerusalem Post, and the Jewish World Review.[3] For four years, Bedein was the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin, writing 1,062 articles until the newspaper ceased operation in 2010.[4]
About
Bedein has covered attempts at Middle East negotiations centering Israel - in Oslo, Ottawa, Shepherdstown, The Wye Plantation, Annapolis, Geneva, Nicosia, Washington, D.C., London, Bonn, and Vienna. Mr. Bedein is the author of Where Has All the Flour Gone? The Whims and Waste of UN Palestinian Refugee Policy.[5]
The Center for Near East Policy Research has been instrumental in reaching elected officials, decision makers and journalists, in commissioning studies, reports, news stories and films. In 2010, the agency decided to focus on producing short movies, instead of monographs, and to film each aspect of the UNRWA investigations in a clear and cogent fashion. In that context, Bedein produced two documentary films on UNRWA: Inside the UNRWA Classroom and Camp Jihad in 2013.[6][7]
Work
Bedein was active in the Israeli peace movement for over for 17 years.[8]
In the 1980s, Bedein went to Ethiopia as part of a delegation to investigate the impact of the famine on the Ethiopian Jewish community.[9]
Most recently, David Bedein's organization has developed Btselem Watch, with its own website whose purpose is to introduce professional criticism and feedback to leading organizations which are described as human rights groups that operate in the political domain.
David has developed a speaker's bureau which is offering speeches and presentations, live or via Skype.
Research and media presence
Mr. Bedein has overseen investigative studies of the Palestinian Authority, the Expulsion Process from Gush Katif and Samaria, The Peres Center for Peace, Peace Now, The International Center for Economic Cooperation of Yossi Beilin, the ISM, Adalah, the New Israel Fund, and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).[10] Mr. Bedein has also reported on all of these events and organizations at www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com.
Under the Direction of David Bedein The Center for Near East Policy Research and www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com have produced a number of investigative video productions. In July 2013 they released the film titled "Camp Jihad"[11] allegedly showing activities and interviews in which UNRWA promotes anti-Semitism and incitement to violence in its 'summer camps'. This was not the first time he dealt with this topic.[12] UNRWA released an official rejection of these claims,[13] claiming the summer camp shown, and the people involved are not affiliated with UNRWA. In a November 2013 meeting between US Secretary of State, John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, parts of this film were shown.[14]
A review of Bedein's new book, Roadblock to Peace How the UN Perpetuates the Arab-Israeli Conflict: UNRWA Policies Reconsidered, can be found here .
Bedein has been involved in UNRWA Reform Initiative , which involves requests of donor nations to make reasonable reforms of UNRWA. Bedein's legal counsel articulated these requested reforms in a letter to the British government DFID Agency which helps UNRWA. . In March 2014, Bedein participated in an informal panel at the British House of Commons with experts on UNRWA education .
Since the publication of Bedein's book, Bedein has discovered several new findings concerning UNRWA , Islamic groups that fund UNRWA Jews killed Christ...in the Palestinian Authority Christian Education Texts Used in UNRWA Schools UNRWA Child Death Cult Education .
References
- β Israel: Israel in the international arena by Efraim Karsh, p. 213
- β The Jewish spectator: Volume 57, School of the Jewish Woman, New York, N.Y. 1993
- β "Jewish World Review". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "The Philadelphia Bulletin". Behind The News in Israel. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "Where Has All the Flour Gone: Whims and Waste of UN Palestinian Refugee Policy". Amazon.com. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5382&q=1
- β http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5666&q=1
- β Jewish action: Volumes 60-61 Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - 1999
- β Jewish frontier: Volumes 52-54, League for Labor Palestine, Jewish Frontier Association, 1985
- β "Behind the news in Israel - Special Reports". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "Camp Jihad". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "UNRWA Right of Return Summer Camp August 2011". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "UNRWA REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF INCITEMENT AS BASELESS: STATEMENT BY UNRWA SPOKESPERSON CHRIS GUNNESS". UNRWA. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- β "Report: Netanyahu Played Arab Incitement Footage for Kerry". The Algemeiner. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
External links
- Bedein's interviews with IBN on YouTube and Canadian Television on YouTube (and many others) can be found on YouTube.
- Bedein's two documentary films Camp Jihad and Inside the UNRWA Classroom can be viewed on the website of Israel Resource News news-agency.
- Bedein's research on UNRWA can be located on the website in two sections; and (The search function).