David Bedein Explained

David Bedein (born August 31, 1950) is an MSW, a community organizer by profession, a writer, and an investigative journalist.[1] In 1987, Bedein established the Israel Resource News Agency,[2] with offices at the Beit Agron Int'l Press Center in Jerusalem. He serves as Director of The Center for Near East Policy Research.

Bedein has also reported for news outlets such as CNN Radio, Makor Rishon, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Jerusalem Post, and the Jewish World Review.[3] For four years, Bedein was the Middle East correspondent for The Bulletin, writing 1,062 articles until the newspaper ceased operation in 2010.[4] Bedein has covered attempts at Middle East negotiations centering Israel—in many major cities of the world.Bedein lives in Efrat with his family. One of his inspirations was the community organizer and activist Saul Alinsky.

Work

Bedein was active in the Israeli peace movement for over for 17 years.[5]

In the 1980s, Bedein went to Ethiopia as part of a delegation to investigate the impact of the famine on the Ethiopian Jewish community.[6]

The UNRWA Reform Initiative (U.R.I.)[7] was launched by The Center for Near East Policy Research, which has been conducting news investigations and producing films since 1987. Their current project focuses on policy change at UNRWA, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.[8]

Research and media presence

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 International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Adalah, the New Israel Fund, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).[9]

Under the direction of David Bedein, the Center for Near East Policy Research and Israel Behind The News have produced a number of investigative video productions. In July 2013, they released a film titled "Camp Jihad" 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. UNRWA released an official rejection of these claims,[10] 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.[11]

Bedein has been involved in the UNRWA Reform Initiative,[12] 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's Department for International Development (DFID), which assists UNRWA. In March 2014, Bedein participated in an informal panel at the British House of Commons with experts on UNRWA education.[13]

Since the publication of his book, Bedein has discovered several new alleged findings concerning UNRWA, which were published by the two organisations he has founded, under the titles Islamic groups that fund UNRWA,[14] Palestinian Authority Allegation: "Jews killed Christ" in the Palestinian Authority Christian Education Textbooks Used in UNRWA Schools in the West Bank, Jerusalem & Gaza,[15] and The U.N.'s Child Death Cult Education.[16]

Bedein presented his latest research to members of the Swedish Parliament on November 18, 2016. He appeared on a local program entitled "Follow the Money: with Swedish journalist Tobias Petterson" Following these revelations, Tobias Petterson took to the Israel National News site, Arutz 7, to express his shock over the official Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education textbooks and curriculum.

ABC Lawsuit

In 1988, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) filed a lawsuit in Israel for $1 million[17] against Bedein's company, Israel Resources, after Bedein showed "taped copies of the network's evening news coverage of the Arab uprising"[18] (First Intifada) at one or more events where Bedein charged a fee for entry. ABC charged that Bedein violated the copyright to the footage by showing the clips.

The New York Times provided more context in an article just following the filing of the lawsuit:

Newscasts drawn from American, Canadian and European television were shown throughout the winter months to demonstrate the disparity between foreign and Israeli coverage of the Palestinian uprising. Showing the tapes to Jerusalem audiences helped lead to outraged charges from many Israelis that the international press was being unfair to their country.Before the foreign television tapes were shown here, Israelis had seen only their own television coverage, which failed to show many of the worst cases of violence. That coverage helped many in this country form their personal impression of what was happening in the occupied territories.

When they saw the foreign television coverage, many were shocked, and they accused the foreign news organizations of being biased against Israel.[18] [19]

ABC ultimately lost the case in 1992 on a technicality for not being able to prove a corporate link between ABC Inc. and ABC News in a move The Jerusalem Post called "a pity"[20] in an editorial.

Films produced by the Center for Near East Policy Research

The Center for Near East Policy Research has been investigating UNRWA for 27 years and has produced documentary films for over a decade, showing activities going on in schools and camps, with interviews from students and staff.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Karsh, Efraim. Israel: Israel in the international arena. October 25, 2018. Psychology Press. Google Books. 9780714649603.
  2. The Jewish spectator: Volume 57, School of the Jewish Woman, New York, N.Y. 1993
  3. Web site: Jewish World Review. December 21, 2013.
  4. Web site: The Philadelphia Bulletin. Behind The News in Israel. December 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140209183921/http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/bulletin.cgi. February 9, 2014. dead.
  5. Jewish action: Volumes 60-61 Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - 1999
  6. Jewish frontier: Volumes 52-54, League for Labor Palestine, Jewish Frontier Association, 1985
  7. News: The UNRWA Reform Initiative . January 29, 2014. Israel Behind the News. en-US. November 28, 2016.
  8. News: How/what to write to members of any parliament to demand that funding of UNRWA be tied to an overhaul of UNRWA education. November 24, 2016. Israel Behind the News. en-US. November 28, 2016.
  9. Web site: Behind the news in Israel - Special Reports. December 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131115170431/http://israelbehindthenews.com/reports.html. November 15, 2013. dead.
  10. Web site: UNRWA Rejects Allegations of Incitement as Baseless: Statement by UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Gunness . UNRWA. December 21, 2013.
  11. News: Report: Netanyahu Played Arab Incitement Footage for Kerry. December 21, 2013. The Algemeiner.
  12. Web site: David Bedein . The UNRWA Reform Initiative . Israel Behind the News . December 9, 2016 . May 14, 2017 . August 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140816234604/http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=7115&q=4 . dead .
  13. Web site: Bedein . David . Stop UNRWA War Education : What You Can Do . Israel Behind the News . April 7, 2014 . May 14, 2017 . July 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728071258/http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=7227&q=1 . dead .
  14. Web site: Reprints . Media . Islamic groups that fund UNRWA . Israel Behind the News . May 30, 2014 . May 14, 2017.
  15. Web site: Dr. Arnon Groiss (Commissioned by the Center for Near East Policy Research, April 2014) . Official Palestinian Authority Allegation: Jews killed Christ in the Palestinian Authority Christian Education Textbooks Used in UNRWA Schools in the West Bank, Jerusalem & Gaza . Israel Behind the News . April 11, 2014 . May 14, 2017.
  16. Web site: The U.N.'s Child Death Cult Education . Israel Behind the News . April 7, 2014 . May 14, 2017.
  17. "Letter to the Editor: ABC Suit Against Bedein." Jerusalem Post. May 25, 1992.
  18. News: ABC Suing Israeli Agency for Showing News Tapes . The New York Times. August 17, 1988 . July 2, 2015.
  19. Editor and Publisher. The 'Fair Use' Doctrine: ABC Sues Self-Styled Media Watchdog for Using the Network's News Clips at His 'Media Seminars.' (David Bedein). Luxner, Larry . 125 . 14. April 4, 1992. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095436/https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-12149301/the-fair-use-doctrine-abc-sues-self-styled-media. dead.
  20. "ABC and the Public." Jerusalem Post. May 4, 1992.
  21. Web site: CFNEPR Documentary Films.
  22. Web site: Balloons Only. המרכז לחקר מדיניות המזה"ת. CFNEPR. August 18, 2020. Vimeo.
  23. Web site: Research . Center for Near East Policy . 2020-02-21 . Incitement to Return - English . 2022-07-05 . Israel Behind the News . en-US.
  24. Web site: Research . Center for Near East Policy . 2020-02-21 . Incitement to Return - Hebrew . 2022-07-05 . Israel Behind the News . en-US.
  25. Web site: טרור השיבה. המרכז לחקר מדיניות המזה"ת. CFNEPR. November 27, 2018. Vimeo.
  26. Web site: Inside UNRWA Refugee Camp in Shuafat. המרכז לחקר מדיניות המזה"ת. CFNEPR. March 1, 2018. Vimeo.
  27. Web site: June 1, 2017 . UNRWA Road to Terror: Palestinian Classroom Incitement . CFNEPR . May 14, 2017.
  28. Web site: New Israeli documentary shows 'Children's Army of Hamas'. April 2, 2015. jpost.com. In documentary presented to the UN, Hamas appears to acknowledge that it is breaking international law by training and indoctrinating child soldiers.. October 4, 2015.
  29. Web site: Video: Inside the UNRWA Classroom.
  30. Web site: Center for Near East Policy Research - Documentary Films. www.cfnepr.com. November 28, 2016.
  31. Web site: Center for Near East Policy Research - אודות המרכז. www.cfnepr.com. November 28, 2016.
  32. Web site: Israel Behind The News by David Bedein UNRWA Gaza PA. Israel Behind the News. en-US. November 28, 2016.

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