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Antisemitic incidents are on the rise and Holocaust misinformation is spreading, but Magie Furst is determined be louder.

DALLAS It's best to stay out of Magie Furst's way when she's on a mission.

"Hey Debora, let's go!" she shouted at her friend.

Furst hustled her friends down the hallway as they made their way to the auditorium at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, where she was scheduled to speak.

"I hope that it impacts the younger generation. Because some of them don't even know about the Holocaust," she said.

Furst is a Holocaust survivor. She was born in Astheim, Germany in 1929. When she was four, her father died of a heart attack after he was so badly harassed by Nazis.

Had she stayed in Germany, the odds wouldn't have been great. It wasn't easy to get out of the country, but Furst and her brother were ultimately selected as part of the Kindertransport, a rescue mission that moved some 10,000 mostly Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied areas.

They hid and lived with strangers in England.

"They saved our lives," she said. "It's incredible. These people didn't get paid a penny. Some of most of the people that took the children didn't have enough for themselves, but they made do. And they sacrificed."

But Furst learned that kindness is not a characteristic shared by everyone. After the war, antisemitism continued to rear its ugly head.

Wednesday, the UN released a reporton Holocaust denial on the internet.

It found 49% of public posts on the app 'Telegram' related to the Holocaust... denied or distorted its history. It was 19% on Twitter, 17% on TikTok, 8% on Facebook and 3% on Instagram, according to UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

"It's just unbelievable," Furst said. "I can't get it in my head. That people can be that stupid, can be that ignorant. That's all it is."

But there is hope. The report says that antisemitism and Holocaust misinformation can be fixed with education.

With truth and testimony, like Furst's. It's why she's continued to speak at the museum for 35 years.

When WFAA asked her what her legacy is, she said, "Well, I hope they remember me a little bit."

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Joe Biden was greeted by small groups of protesters and billboards decrying the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories as apartheid during his brief visits to East Jerusalem and Bethlehem, signs of disappointment at the sidelining of the Palestinian quest for statehood during the presidents tour of the Middle East.

The president visited Augusta Victoria hospital in East Jerusalem on Friday morning, where he promised $300m (250m) in assistance for the Palestinians, before travelling in a convoy to Bethlehem to meet the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, and visit the Church of the Nativity.

On Friday afternoon Air Force One will make a first direct flight from Tel Aviv to Saudi Arabia, where the presidents goal is to convince Gulf hydrocarbon producers to increase supply to calm global oil markets shaken by the war in Ukraine. He will also seek to build up Israels nascent political ties with Arab nations, which share a common foe in Iran.

Palestinians and Israelis deserve equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and dignity, he said in a speech at the hospital complex, which serves Palestinians.

Access to healthcare, when you need it, is essential to living a life of dignity for all of us.

Monetary pledges, however, have done little to assuage Palestinian scepticism that the US no longer has an appetite for their cause: Biden said twice this week that he does not think peace is possible in the near term.

He has also not fulfilled a promise to reopen a US mission in East Jerusalem closed by Donald Trump, who broke with decades of diplomatic convention in recognising the divided city as Israels capital. Trump also heavily favoured Israels rightwing, which opposes Palestinian statehood.

Before Bidens meeting with Abbas, the Palestinian public and leadership alike expressed anger at the new administrations failure to curb either Israeli settlement building or settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, despite a marked change of rhetoric after Trumps term in office.

A few dozen protesters outside the Augusta Victoria carried Palestinian flags and posters bearing the image of Shireen Abu Aqleh, the Palestinian-American journalist probably killed by Israeli fire two months ago, which the US has concluded was an accident.

The Israeli rights group BTselem put up billboards and digital screens in Bethlehem which read Mr President, this is apartheid a claim made by several major human rights organisations over the last year, but which Israel rejects as a threat to its existence.

When Biden finished speaking at the hospital, a woman who identified herself as a paediatric nurse thanked him for the financial assistance but said: We need more justice, more dignity, while Palestinian journalists covering Bidens press conference in Bethlehem wore black T-shirts reading: Justice for Shireen.

In remarks after his meeting with Abbas, Biden called Abu Aqlehs death an enormous loss to the essential work of sharing with the world the story of the Palestinian people. Struggling to pronounce her name, the president said the US would continue to insist on a full and transparent accounting of her death.

Abbas, who is deeply unpopular with the Palestinian public, said the key to peace in the region begins with ending the Israeli occupation of our land, and that the killers of the martyr journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, they need to be held accountable.

Although the president repeatedly reaffirmed the USs support for a two-state solution to the conflict during his three-day trip to Israel and the territories, the visit largely focused on the threat posed to Israel and its new Arab allies by Irans growing military capabilities.

A far-reaching communique called the Jerusalem declaration, signed by Biden and Israels caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, on Thursday, offered little to the Palestinians other than a pledge from Israel to improve the economic conditions for the 5 million people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The last round of serious talks aimed at ending the 55-year-old military occupation broke down more than a decade ago, and Lapid, who became interim leader after Israels short-lived coalition government collapsed last month, lacks a mandate to restart peace negotiations. Polling suggests that Israel could elect its most rightwing government to date in elections scheduled for 1 November, making it even less likely the peace process will be a priority for Israelis.

Palestinian leaders also fear being further undermined by the Abraham accords, normalisation agreements between Israel with several Arab nations facilitated by the Trump administration despite the continuing occupation.

Biden will lobby for fully integrating Israel into the emerging regional defence architecture against Iran during his trip to the Saudi city of Jeddah.

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Saudi Arabia, the Middle Easts geopolitical heavyweight, does not formally recognise Israels existence. However, in a small sign of a tentative new relationship between the two countries, before Bidens flight on Friday Riyadh announced the decision to open the kingdoms airspace for all air carriers that meet the requirements for overflying, signalling the end of a longstanding ban on Israeli flights over its territory.

Biden has defended his decision to re-engage with Saudi Arabia after branding the kingdom a global pariah over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

Speaking on Thursday, the president said he will not avoid human rights issues on the final leg of his Middle East tour, despite refusing to commit to mentioning the murder when he meets the kingdoms crown prince.

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US President Joe Biden this week expressed support forthe two-state solution regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Biden visited Israel and Palestinian territories this week and met their leaders. Speaking in Jerusalem besides Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Biden said the two-state solution is the best way to achieve "lasting negotiated peace between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people".

The two-state solution refers to an arrangement where Israeli and Palestinian states co-exist in the region. However, such a solution has not materialised over the decades and the present situation is such thatthink tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says there are five states in the region instead of envisioned two states.

The Gaza Strip is controlled by the terrorist group Hamas, with which Israel has fought multiple wars.

Here we explain the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict,the two-state solutionand why it has not materialised.

The land to which Jews and Palestinians lay claim to was under the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire in early 20th century.

Palestinian people the Arab people from the same area want to have a state by the name of Palestine in that area. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is over who gets what land and how it's controlled, according to Vox.

Jews fleeing the persecution in Europe at the time wanted to establish a Jewish state on the land which they believe to be their ancient homeland. The Arab at the time resisted, saying the land was theirs.

The land at the time was called Palestine. In 1917's Balfour Declaration, the United Kingdom declared its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. Arabs resisted itwhich led to violence.

Some 75,000 Jews emigrated to Palestine between 1922-26 and some 60,000 Jews emigratedin 1935, according to a history published by the University of Central Arkansas. It adds that Palestinian Arabs demanded the UK to halt Jewish emigration, but the UK ignored suchcalls. There were violent incidents, leading todeaths of some 500 people.

In 1923, the British Mandate for Palestine came into effect. The document was issued by the League of Nations, the failed predecessor of the United Nations (UN).

The Mandate gave the UK the responsibility for creating a Jewish national homeland in the region, according to Time magazine.

In 1936, after several rounds of violence between Jews and Arabs, the Peel Commission, set up by the UK government, recommended the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, according to the University of Central Arkansas publication.

In 1947, the Britain referred the issue of Palestine to the UN, which came up with a partition plan. It put up two proposals, as per The Britannica Encyclopaedia. One, two separate states joined economically the majority proposal and, two, a single binational state made up of autonomous Jewish and Palestinian areas the minority proposal.

"The Jewish community approved of the first of these proposals, while the Arabs opposed them both," notes Britannica.

The final proposal waspassed in November 1947. It called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, with the city of Jerusalem governed by an international arrangement. This was rejected by the Arabs.

In May 1948, Israel declared its independence. The Arab countries of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt invaded the newly-declared country immediately.

When the war ended, Israel gained some territory formerly granted to Palestinian Arabs under the UN resolution in 1947, notes the US Department of State's Office of the Historian, which adds that Egypt and Jordan also retained control over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank respectively. This territorial controlled remained in place till 1967.

As outlined in the beginning and in the briefly explained roots of the conflict, the two-state solution means two separate states for Israelis and Palestinians.

The New York Times lists four main reasons why the two-state solution has not materialised by now.

1. Borders:

There is no consensus as to how to draw the lines dividing the two proposed states. Many people say borders should have pre-1967 lines.

In 1967 Israeli-Arab war, Israel captured Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and Golan Heights.

Israel is not willing to give up these gains. It returned Sinai to Egypt in 1982. Moreover, there is the question of Israeli settlements in West Bank.

The Times notes, "Israel has constructed barriers along and within the West Bank that many analysts worry create a de facto border, and it has built settlements in the West Bank that will make it difficult to establish that land as part of an independent Palestine. As time goes on, settlements grow, theoretically making any future Palestinian state smaller and possibly breaking it up into non-contiguous pieces."

2. The question of Jerusalem:

Both Israel and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital and call it central to their religion and culture.

"The two-state solution typically calls for dividing it into an Israeli West and a Palestinian East, but it is not easy to draw the line Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites are on top of one another," explains The Times.

It further notes, "Israel has declared Jerusalem its 'undivided capital', effectively annexing its eastern half, and has built up construction that entrenches Israeli control of the city."

3. Refugees:

A large number of Palestinians had to flee in the 1948 War. They and their descendants numbering at 5 million demand a right to return. Israel rejects this. The return of these peoplewould end the demographic majority of Jews, ending the idea of Israel that's both democratic and Jewish.

4. Security:

Security concerns are also central to Israel as it's constantly harassed by terrorist group Hamas that controls Gaza Strip. Hamas and other Islamist group in Gaza launch rockets into Israel time-to-time.

Moreover, there are also concerns of Palestinians attack inside Israel. This year in March-April, at least 18 Israelis were killed in Palestinian attacks inside Israel.

A total of 27 Palestinians were also killed in the period, including those who carried out attacks inside Israel. Palestinians too have their concerns.

"For Palestinians, security means an end to foreign military occupation," notes The Times.

As outlined in this section, while there is a broad agreement over the two-state solution, there are too many differences over its shape and character. That's why it has not materialised.

There is another complication. For any talks, there need to clear representatives. In case of Palestinians, while the West Bank is administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA), Gaza is governed by the terrorist group Hamas. It's understandable that Israel or the United States would not talk to a terrorist organisation.

US President Joe Biden recognised that both Jews and Palestinians have historical and cultural roots in the region. He said living side-by-side under a two-state solution was the best way for long-lasting peace.

He said, "As we work together toward greater integration greater integration, well also continue to work for toward a lasting negotiated peace between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people.

"Israel must remain an independent, democratic, Jewish state the ultimate guarantee and guarantor of security of the Jewish people not only in Israel but the entire world. I believe that to my core.

"And the best way to achieve that remains a two-state solution for two people, both of whom have deep and ancient roots in this land, living side-by-side in peace and security. Both states fully respecting the equal rights of their citizens; both people enjoying equal measures of freedom."

Besides fulfilling the basic desire of both Jews and Arabs of their own states, supporters of two-state solutions say it must be backed because its alternatives are simply not workable.

A single state merging Israel, West Bank, and Gaza would reduce Jews to a minority. At the same time, in such a state, Jews would be a significant minority which would mean that the Arab majority would be miffed.

Since Hamas controls Gaza, some people have said the reality is that it's now a three-state solution with Gaza being a separate state. But again, it's not workable simply because a designated terrorist organisation cannot be legitimised by bringing it to the negotiating table in capacity as a state.

Besides practical reasons, there is moral reasoning too for a two-state solution. It says that aspirations of one people should not be overridden for others' aspirations.

Vox notes, "Its a struggle for collective rights between two distinct groups of people. Depriving Israeli Jews of a Jewish state or Palestinians of a Palestinian state would represent a subordination of one groups aspirations to someone elses vision."

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But the Khalidis claims to the land received a boost during their visit when Adalah, an Israeli-based Arab rights nongovernmental organization, published new information from Israeli state archives.

The photograph of a yellowed typed lease agreement Adalah posted on its website and dated, showed signatures of members of at least five Palestinian families Habib, Qleibo, El Khalidi, Razzaq and El-Khalili with the British government, which at the time controlled the area then known as Mandatory Palestine.

While NBC News was not able to confirm the authenticity of the agreement, the Khalidi family had already publicly spoken about its connection to the land for decades and no one has to date contested that part of the Adalah release.

In the aftermath of that find, Khalidi family members have renewed their calls on the U.S. government, including Biden, not to build the U.S. Embassy on the land confiscated in 1950, two years after the state of Israel was created.

There are over a dozen families that own it, said prominent U.S. academic Rashid Khalidi, a cousin of Khalidi, who is the Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University.

Its indecent for the United States to be building on illegally appropriated property of U.S. citizens, he said.

The embassy lot is among many Palestinian properties seized by the Jewish state under its absentee property laws after the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. Some 750,000 Palestinians were displaced or fled as a result of the war.

Israel has held Jerusalem to be its capital since its creation in the aftermath of the war that gave it sovereignty over the western part of the city. It annexed the eastern part of the city after it captured that territory from Jordan during the Six-Day war in 1967.

Most of the international community, however, has preferred to withhold recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital until such time as there is a two-state solution to the conflict, that would include a Palestinian capital in east Jerusalem and an Israeli one in the western part of the city. A portion of the international community has questioned Israels right to any part of Jerusalem, pending resolution of the conflict.

Then-President Donald Trump bucked international consensus in 2017 when he declared U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital and relocated the embassy from Tel Aviv in 2018 to an already existing American facility in Jerusalems Arnona neighborhood.

The Trump administration then sought to expand that facility in what could be a $700 million project that would also include the 7.5-acre lot off of Hebron Road in Jerusalem that had belonged to the Palestinian families before 1948.

It was previously the place where the British had their military headquarters called the Allenby Barracks, Rashid said.

According to publicly available records in Israel, the U.S. plan is undergoing the permitting process through the Israeli Interior Ministry.

In Washington, D.C. the Department of State, however, did not confirm its intention to place an embassy-related compound on Hebron Road, explaining that it was now engaged in a process that will culminate in [the] construction of a new embassy in Jerusalem.

The site of that new embassy has not yet been confirmed. The process to confirm the site will involve coordination with Jerusalem and Israeli national authorities, as well as design and construction, a State Department spokesperson said.

Given that we are still involved in that process, at this point, we have no more details to share, the spokesperson added.

While the State Department did not directly address the property claims by the Palestinian families, it said it conducts thorough due diligence as part of our standard operating procure on all prospective sites for the U.S. facilities.

But Khalidi and Rashid said that Palestinian claims to the land were well-known for decades, including by the U.S.

Hasan pointed to a study by Walid Khalidi, his uncle, published in the Journal of Palestine Studies in 2000 that spoke of a U.S. lease to the site dating back to 1989. It included efforts by the administration of then-President Bill Clinton to promote that plot, particularly after the passage of Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which mandated that the United States move its embassy to Jerusalem, a step that was delayed through presidential waivers every six months until Trumps time.

The Palestinian families even sent a letter decades ago to then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright detailing their claim.

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum said that the Palestinian claim was an old one dismissed years ago by the U.S.

In the last 150 years, Jerusalem has been under the Ottoman rule, a British mandate, a partial Jordanian rule and Israeli sovereignty, she said.

These claims are based on denying the validity of Israeli law. The American governments relationship with Israel is based on the acknowledgment of the validity of our legal system, Hassan-Nahoum added. We are not concerned that something planned as a publicity stunt around Bidens visit will derail our special relationship.

While Israeli and American officials view the issue as concluded, for Palestinian families the story is not over.

Adalah said it was weighing possible legal options.

While Khalidi would really like the family to get the land back, or at least for the U.S. government to lease it from them, he acknowledges that is unlikely.

We cannot do much, he said. But, at the very least, we are here showing our opposition to this project and documenting our refusal.

Khalidi added: At least you are hearing our voice and hopefully, someone will listen. Most likely no one.

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The Palestinian Youth Orchestra, which also includes Mariam Afifi the symbol of the Palestinian resistance has completed its preparations for the "Palestine-Turkey Peace Concert" that will be held at the Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on July 19.

Before the concert, young Palestinian musicians will be hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoan's wife, first lady Emine Erdoan, at the Presidential Complex.

In a phone conversation with Palestinian artist Afifi, who was taken into custody by being dragged by her hijab while defending Al-Aqsa Mosque during Israel's attacks on the Palestinians in May 2021, first lady Erdoan said, "She stated that she would be happy to see the Palestine Youth Orchestra in Turkey."

After the meetings held with the Edward Said National Music Conservatory, which is a part of the Palestine Youth Orchestra, it was decided to organize concerts in Turkey's Istanbul and Ankara in cooperation with the CSO.

The musicians of the Palestinian Youth Orchestra, who came to Turkey under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, had an intense preparation period for the concerts.

At the concert, the first of which will be held on July 19 at the CSO Ada Ankara Historical Hall, the world premieres of two works that are composed for peace will be made. For the first time, "Rhapsody of Anatolia" was composed by Yusuf Yaln and "Dance of Altos" by Palestinian Bishara Kell for the "Peace Concert" where folk melodies of the two countries will be blended.

The youth orchestra consists of 80% Palestinian while 20% are Turkish musicians.

Fecir Alptekin, the president's chief adviser, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that the Palestine Youth Orchestra was established to bring together Palestinian musicians who were dispersed all over the world as a result of the exile in 1948.

Alptekin stated that the concerts in Turkey will be organized with CSO Chief Can Deliorman.

Noting that Emine Erdoan will host the members of the Palestine Youth Orchestra at the Presidential State Guesthouse on Monday, "After her phone call with Afifi, they will meet face to face for the first time. The concerts will be performed later," she added.

Palestinian youth from 10 countries came to Turkey as part of the concert. "It is important to be aware of them. Emine Erdoan's invitation to them is very valuable and the presence of Palestinian youth in Turkey is of worldwide importance," Alptekin said.

Fecir Alptekin emphasized that all efforts to preserve Palestinian traditional culture are being attempting to be prevented and that the Palestinian musicians' call for peace must be given from Turkey.

Palestinian artist Afifi also stated that they are struggling with the pressure applied to them by taking advantage of the unifying power of music.

Afifi said: "We want to make ourselves and our country's name heard in Turkey. We want to make our voices heard all over the world, with the unifying power of music, against the boycott, bans and the attempt to erase the name 'Palestine' in our country. We aim to end this boycott."

CSO Chief Deliorman also stated that there are very talented young people in the Palestine Youth Orchestra and they are very excited about their music.

Deliorman stated that the young people were trained by academics during their stay in Turkey, and Palestinian musicians showed rapid development. "We are giving a message of peace here, we are calling for peace," he added.

Edward Said National Conservatory and Palestinian Youth Orchestra Director Suhail Khoury stated that the Palestinian Youth Orchestra, founded in 2004, has given concerts in Scandinavian countries, Netherlands, France, England, Italy, Germany, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Oman in recent years.

Saying that the invitation from the highest authority of the Republic of Turkey was very special, Khoury added: "We are very pleased to be here. It is the greatest invitation that we have received. There has been great solidarity between the two countries. Our cultures are already very close. It is a very important opportunity.

"We organized a very special program for here. We learned the two important Turkish works at the same time. These have become very important works that entered our repertoire in our country, in our schools," he said.

The orchestra will be performing "Krdilihicazkar Longa" by Kemani Sebuh Efendi and Ak Veysel's "I'm on a long and narrow road."

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Today, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) shared with Agency partners the results of its review of a recently released report by IMPACT-se alleging UNRWA knowingly utilizes educational materials outside of UN values. The Agency review concluded that the self-learning materials cited in the report are not authorized for use in any UNRWA school.

The UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Leni Stenseth informed Agency partners that the report demonstrates the effectiveness of the Agency's educational programming, particularly the Agency's cutting-edge Digital Learning Platform (DLP).

Launched in 2021, the DLP is an online learning platform where, following a three-step vetting process, UNRWA teaching materials are posted for student and parental use. The platform, available to the public, posted over 2,600 supplemental learning materials for use in Gaza alone during the previous school year.

Stenseth highlighted that none of the cases cited in the report by IMPACT-se was drawn from the UNRWA online learning platform.

IMPACT-se is an organization already well known for its previous sensationalized attempts to delegitimize the Agency's work. Stenseth reminded partners that this organization's latest report was consistent with its other sensationalized work, characterized in a robust 2021 academic reviewundertaken by the Georg Eckart Institute on behalf of the European Commission as "marked by generalising and exaggerated conclusions based on methodological shortcomings." In this instance, the group attempted to explain the lack of examples drawn from the UNRWA Digital Learning Platform by observing a paucity of material on the site - a normal occurrence as materials are only available during the lifecycle of their need for students. As UNRWA schools are currently closed for the summer, no material is uploaded on the Agency's learning platform.

In reviewing the material referenced in the report though, UNRWA discovered the existence of a private, commercial website that illegally utilizes the Agency's logo and the names of UNRWA educators. The Agency is seeking additional information on these sites for follow-up action, including possible legal referral. Stenseth expressed hope the report's authors will fully disclose the web addresses of the sites it uncovered.

Stenseth emphasized the unwavering commitment of UNRWA to educating Palestine refugee children along the UN principles and values and zero tolerance of hate speech and incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence: "Others talk, UNRWA delivers. Our education system is acknowledged as the model for effective refugee education, delivering quality and cost-efficient education. Reports like these, premised upon smoke and mirrors - obfuscation, not truth - are indicative of an organization trying to garner attention for itself, rather than advancing the cause of refugee education."

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UNRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the UNRWA programme budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall. UNRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency's programme budget. UNRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.

UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5.7 million Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA across its five fields of operation. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. UNRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance.

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The term diaspora is used to refer to the dispersion of religious or ethnic groups from their homelands, either forced or voluntary. The word is also used to refer to those people as a collective group and community. Human history has included a number of diasporas, and some historians have made the phenomenon a focus of study. Being uprooted from one's native land and culture can be a huge event in the life of an individual and his or her culture, so the study of diasporas is very important.

The word comes from an Ancient Greek term which means to scatter or sow seeds. Several things distinguish a diaspora. The first is the idea that members of the diaspora leave together, or during a short period of time, rather than slowly trickling out of their homelands. As a group, the individuals resettle in a new place, retaining connections to each other, their culture, and their homeland. Unlike some migrants, members of a diaspora retain cultural and religious traditions, and attempt to preserve their culture.

Some scholars use the term specifically in the context of the Jewish diaspora, which began in 600 BCE. The Jewish people are often also used as a classic example of a diaspora, since they have relocated multiple times, not always voluntarily. However, despite multiple relocations and a variety of hardships, the Jewish diaspora has retained a strong sense of community, connection to the Holy Land, and cultural traditions.

The concept is also used in a discussion of the African diaspora, which could be said to have begun with the enslavement and subsequent relocation of Africans by Europeans. Native Americans also refer to themselves as a diaspora, talking about their forcible relocation into reservations and their attempts to prevent their culture from being diluted or absorbed. Numerous diasporas throughout history have been documented, with causes ranging from natural disasters to a quest for self improvement.

For people of mixed ancestry, the idea of a strong connection to a homeland can seem somewhat unfathomable. Yet, for many members of a diaspora, retaining this connection through multiple generations and in varying places in very important to their identities. Members of a diaspora tend to cluster together within a larger community, often adopting conservative values to retain their culture, and inculcating their children with ideals about their homeland. They may teach their children the language of their homeland, cook traditional dishes, practice an ethnic religion, or dress in a way which distinguishes them from members of their adopted country. Many members of a diaspora also hope to some day return to their homelands, to visit if not to live permanently.

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Rwanda-based Dr Harnet Bokrezion is the founder of the Africa Business Academy and she has also developed a training programme on how to start a business by importing and selling African products in the global market. In this article she looks at common mistakes the African diaspora make when doing business in Africa or investing on the continent.

Yes, your roots are important. Maybe you have family in a certain country in Africa or you have received your DNA results as an African American. But the country of your origin is not necessarily the best market for your industry. In fact, it may even be a country where doing business is not to be advised at all because the market is simply too risky.

Many of you in the African diaspora are basing your business decisions on emotional connections in Africa. Be it an uncle in Uganda who sent you business ideas on WhatsApp, a contact you met on the plane to Johannesburg, or a young guy you stumbled across in Nairobi who needs help and in return promises you support.

Working with thousands of ambitious people in the diaspora I have seen too many fail and lose money as a result of such emotions. Instead, make informed and professional business decisions. Check the business environment of a country, assess a market opportunity objectively, and only deal with partners who are already in your industry.

This brings us to mistake number two

I divide Africa into four categories based on the risk and opportunity ratio in a given country.

There are high risk markets, which are also high in opportunity. Then, there are high risk markets, that are low in opportunity (you better stay away from those). And of course there are low risk markets, which are low in opportunity some of Africas islands for example fall into that category. The best countries in Africa to get started in are hands down those falling into the low risk/ high opportunity category.

I know, I know once you have set foot into Africa you will see opportunity left, right and centre. But starting a business is not easy. And starting a very profitable venture in the context of Africa is rarely achieved. When you now juggle two or even three ventures early on, because you see low hanging fruits in all of them, you significantly cut your chance to succeed. The same goes for offering too many products or services early on. Instead, simplify focus and build something of value that you will be known for.

Hands down, I hardly know any new business owner in Africa who has done a quick risk assessment when getting started. Most new entrepreneurs in Africa overestimate opportunity and underestimate risk. But Africa is an emerging market by and large, which means it is very volatile. Not understanding, assessing and actively reducing your risk is a big mistake that can cost you dearly.

Many people are investing most of their money early on. This is a huge mistake in Africa. You see, you havent really tested the market in real time, which means that market dynamics and unforeseen challenges will only occur to you once you start producing and selling. If you have, however, invested most of your money already, it will be almost impossible to manage delays or any unpleasant surprises (and you will get many of those in Africa). I have seen too many making that mistake and they were forced to close.

Instead, start small with a very lean version and a fraction of your available funds, no matter how much or how little money you have. Then, test the market for at least a year and get real feedback from the marketplace. This will allow you to make the right decisions later on.

Ok, I get it. You see an opportunity or have a great idea. But that does not mean the market will buy from you. Most people are very broad in their offering, which never works. Instead, find a specific problem or gap for a specific segment of the market and provide a specific solution to that problem. The more specific you are, the better your chance of selling.

For example, instead of offering real estate services in Africa, offer single unit luxurious apartments in Accra to investor networks in the US who are keen to quickly invest their money and their savings for a good return during a looming recession. Thats a match!

Look, the spending power in Africa is increasing, but it is still comparatively very low. When you offer products or services to the poor or the average middle class, your profit margins are tiny, which means you have to sell a lot in order to make reasonable profits. The problem: as a small new business you usually simply do not have the capacity to produce, sell, and deliver large quantities.

Instead, go high-end. Sell to well established businesses in Africa, the upper-class consumer, or offer African products to foreign markets. This way, you can make great profits with just a few buyers. Your priority is to succeed, only this way can you actually serve Africa. Later, when your business is running strongly, you can start catering for the mass market.

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A collection of almost 30,000 rarely seen images of the black diaspora in the UK and the US, dating from the 19th century to the present, has been launched as part of an educational initiative to raise awareness of the history of black people in the UK.

The Black History & Culture Collection includes more than 20 categories of images including politics, hair, education, female empowerment and LGBTQ+.

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Getty Images, which holds one of the largest photo collections in the world, announced on Tuesday that it would make these photos free to use for not-for-profit or educational purposes. The collection will grant access to images for educators, researchers and content creators, allowing them to tell untold stories from black history and culture that go beyond narratives of enslavement and colonisation.

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The collection is available for projects focused on education around the histories and cultures of the African/Black Diaspora, dating back to the 1800s. Content created from the collection by partners must not produce revenue and/or be included in any revenue driving advertising or marketing.

The Black History & Culture Collection was carefully curated from content owned by Getty Images, in partnership with internationally recognized researchers, historians and educators, including Dr. Deborah Willis of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Jina DuVernay of Clark Atlanta University, Dr. Tukufu Zuberi of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Mark Sealy MBE and Rene Mussai of Autograph.

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The Black History & Culture Collection is part of a wider program of activity GettyImages has made toward antiracism, inclusion, and dismantling discrimination.In 2021, the company established the Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), supporting the digitization of archival photos from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Learn more about the collection, launch partners, curators, and content.

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Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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