MAST presents: Dr. Joan Lurie

Dr. Joan Lurie discussing UNWRA, NGO’s and United Nation’s Antisemitism

Joan has a doctorate in Physics and is an expert on observing the Earth using data from satellites. Joan with four colleagues has represented International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) at the United Nations in New York as an NGO for more than 15 years. As a lifelong Zionist, Joan is passionate about the need for peace in the Middle East. She believes that the “path to peace begins in the classroom”, but not in the classroom run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency(UNRWA). At the U.N. Joan serves as Vice Chair of the recently formed UN Committee entitled “End Antisemitism and Promote Peace (EASAPP). She became aware that the UNRWA education and summer camp programs for half a million Palestinian children for over seventy years, has consistently incited students to murder and martyrdom and support the “Right of Return”. During the current war between Israel and Hamas, much of the world has realized that peace is not possible while UNRWA continues to teach the “War of Return”. She has co-authored several papers and regularly lectures on the subject. As a UN representative, Joan is a member of the Executive Committee of ICJW and interacts with other members from 33 countries including representatives from the U.N. in Geneva, Paris and Vienna.

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