Issue Briefs
Concise briefings on the most critical challenges facing the United Nations
Jan 13, 2026
The Case Against UNRWA
UNRWA, the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, presents itself as a humanitarian agency. In reality, it has become deeply entangled with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups — using Western-funded tax dollars to empower extremism. Donor countries must stop funding an agency that perpetuates war. Aid should flow through other agencies that already operate in Gaza, and which are experts at this task everywhere else in the world, such as the WHO, the World Food Programme, and UNICEF. Download Brief →
Jan 13, 2026
The UN General Assembly
Every year the UNGA adopts more resolutions against Israel than on the rest of the world combined. Serial abusers like China, Cuba, Venezuela, and Pakistan are the subject of zero resolutions at the UNGA. Western democracies have a moral obligation to oppose one-sided resolutions targeting the Jewish state while demanding accountability from the world’s worst regimes. Download Brief →
Jan 13, 2026
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel was initiated by the Arab and Islamic states at a special session that they convened at the UN Human Rights Council in wake of the May 2021 Hamas-Israel war. Rather than investigating the Hamas rockets that rained down on Israeli civilians, the new commission was tasked with examining the “root causes” of the conflict, including Israel’s alleged “systematic discrimination” based on race. Instead of the usual one-year term for such inquiries, the investigation of Israel was made perpetual — it has no end date. Throughout its tenure, the Commission has released numerous reports pushing pro-Hamas propaganda cloaked in legal language. Download Brief →
Jan 13, 2026
The Durban Racism Conferences
In 2001, one week before the September 11 terrorist attacks, the UN hosted the “ World Conference Against Racism” in Durban, South Africa. Instead of combating racism, however, the conference actually incited it. Durban became the worst international manifestation of antisemitism in the post-war period — exploiting the language of universal human rights to wage a coordinated campaign to demonize and boycott the Jewish state. Download Brief →
Jan 13, 2026
The UN Human Rights Council Item 7
UNRWA, the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, presents itself as a humanitarian agency. In reality, it has become deeply entangled with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups — using Western-funded tax dollars to empower extremism. Donor countries must stop funding an agency that perpetuates war. Aid should flow through other agencies that already operate in Gaza, and which are experts at this task everywhere else in the world, such as the WHO, the World Food Programme, and UNICEF. Download Brief →
