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UNICEF: Same old tricks, no treats

Lawrence Solomon
28 Oct 2006
National Post

UNICEF is changing the way it treats kids at home and abroad.

Abroad, UNICEF has learned from its embarrassment of recent years, when it was discovered to have funded summer camps in Palestine that inspired children to become terrorists. Martyrdom-themed camps such as Shahids of Chattin took kids on field trips to visit the families of suicide bombers and organized lectures and songfests that glorified suicide bombers, helping to create a culture of killing.  Full story »

UNICEF West Bank, Gaza camps to steer clear of politics

5 May 2004
Haaretz Service

In October 2003, Urban Renaissance Institute criticized UNICEF for enlisting children in the aid of political activities, and broke the news that UNICEF was supporting Palestinian summer camps that encouraged children to become suicide bombers.  Full story »

UNICEF's ghoulish tricks

Lawrence Solomon
30 Oct 2003
National Post

On Halloween, children across North America will collect millions of dollars for UNICEF. That money, in turn, will do diverse deeds around the developing world, everything from feeding malnourished infants to teaching that free enterprise kills children to inspiring teens in the Middle East to become suicide bombers.  Full story »