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The British Mandate for Palestine

The Mandate for Palestine was a legal commission for the administration of Palestine after the first World War… Continue reading

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Egypt’s New Constitution: Laying the Basis for an Islamist, Sharia State

Egypt’s population will be given two weeks to consider the Constitution, which has 236 articles, that will govern their lives for decades to come… Continue reading

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Russia-Turkey Strains Deepen over Syria

The Syrian crisis is a good test of the strength of the Russia-Turkish detente… Continue reading

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Committee Report: Judea and Samaria Are Not Occupied Territories

Judea and Samaria are not under occupation rule, according to the “Outposts Committee”,.. Continue reading

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Israeli Settlements, American Pressure, and Peace

President Obama apparently believed that pressuring Israel to halt construction of homes in Jewish neighborhoods in parts of Jerusalem would advance peace. In reality, the opposite ensued… Continue reading

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Are the Negev Bedouin an Indigenous People?

In the last two decades, there has been widespread application of the term “indigenous” in relation to various groups worldwide. In Israel, the indigenousness claim has been raised over the past few years by the country’s Bedouin citizens… Continue reading

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UN Report: Libyan Dictator Muammar Gaddafi Wanted to Stage Last Stand

The UN’s Human Rights Council released an unedited version of a 220-page report on Friday detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s last hours when rebel fighters moved into Sirte… Continue reading

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Binding and Non-Binding Agreements Pertaining to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

International law has played a central role in attempting to solve the Arab-Israel conflict… Continue reading

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Warmongering Turkey trying to intimidate Cyprus as well

Tensions are not only mounting between Israel and Turkey since the release of the UN Palmer report… Continue reading

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The Palestinians’ Imaginary State

In a few weeks, an overwhelming majority in the United Nations General Assembly will likely vote for collective recognition of a Palestinian state… Continue reading

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Legal issues and the Flotilla: Further points in the argument over the blockade

The legality and morality of Israel’s blockade has been questioned extensively and is the supposed subject of sustained and extensive protest… Continue reading

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Legal issues and the Flotilla: Can Greece legitimately prevent the flotilla sailing to Gaza?

There has been a lot of outrage in the last week over Greece’s decision not to allow several flotilla ships sail from its docks to Gaza… Continue reading

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Another ticking bomb under Assad: Hariri “Special Tribunal for Lebanon” heads for Damascus

The Lebanese capital was not the only first stop for a delegation of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon… Continue reading

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How Many U.S. Presidents Supported Israel?

President Obama, do you know how many U.S. Presidents supported a Jewish National Home in Palestine… Continue reading

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Syria: Are all dictators created equal?

The sharp dichotomy in America’s approach to bad guys is not merely intellectually inconsistent, it is muddled thinking… Continue reading

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Goldstone’s Continued Dishonesty

Richard Goldstone now faces bitter condemnation from Israel following his belated admission that his infamous Report was wrong… Continue reading

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The lies of the Goldstone Report: What Happens Next?

The damage has been done. The lies and blood-libels have been swallowed. Officers of the IDF and leaders of the Jewish State are… Continue reading

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Goldstone: Reconsidering the Report on Israel and War Crimes

We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission… Continue reading

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UN Resolution 377 – A Clear Danger

The significance of the ruling cannot be overstated: It challenges the power of the veto. The UN Charter Does Not Support GA Resolution 377… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: U.K.’s Briefing on Terminated BAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Bribery Case

During a three-day meeting in January 2007 of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, a separate session of the meeting was devoted to the U.K.’s termination… Continue reading

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Libya and UN’s Human Rights Policy

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for an immediate end to violent repression of Libya protests in a… Continue reading

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Can Mercenaries Help Battle Piracy and Stabilize Somalia?

Pirates are non-state actors who cause serious international problems that are sometimes beyond the reach or interest of most governments. Mercenaries are non-state… Continue reading

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Turkel Commission: Flotilla Raid was in Accordance with International Law

Turkel Commission: Flotilla raid was in accordance with int’l law. Turkish PM Erdogan: Turkel C’tee report has ‘no credibility’. Israel’s PM Netanyahu: Report shows the truth… Continue reading

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UN Special Tribunal Submits Indictment in Hariri’s Assassination

Nearly six years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has submitted the long-awaited results of an international investigation… Continue reading

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The Big Lie: ‘1967 Borders’ is a Fallacy

The term “1967 borders,” the Arab world’s mantra for the borders of a PA state, never existed, says former Ambassador to Canada Alan Baker in a research paper for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs… Continue reading

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NGO Monitor: HRW Again Distorts Middle East Conflict

Yesterday, we published an article about the latest Human Rights Watch report, “Separate and Unequal: Israel’s Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, accusing Israel of… Continue reading

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Iran Arrests Reformist Journalists

Seven reformist journalists were arrested in Iran over the past week. Earlier this week, internal security forces raided the residence of Reyhaneh Tabataba’i, a journalist working for the reformist daily Sharq, and… Continue reading

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HRW Slams Israel’s ‘Discrimination’ and Endorses Boycott

Human Rights Watch released a report today accusing Israel of “harshly discriminating against Palestinian residents, depriving them of basic necessities while providing lavish amenities for Jewish settlements… Continue reading

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NGO’s and the Use of Lawfare Against Israel

To mark International Human Rights Day, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon held a press conference with Prof. Gerald Steinberg and Anne Herzberg of NGO Monitor on the exploitation and abuse of human rights, particularly with regard to NGO’s and the use of Lawfare against Israel… Continue reading

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US 2010 Religious Freedom Report Toned Down Criticism of Israel

The U.S. State Department’s 2010 International Religious Freedom Report that was released last week, actually toned down the unjustified criticism that for years was the norm in the document authored by… Continue reading

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IDF Chief Expresses Personal Thoughts on Ethics to all IDF Commanders and Soldiers

On Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010, IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, sent to every commander in the IDF a letter in which he expressed his personal thoughts on ethics with regards to several recent incidents that had occurred… Continue reading

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World Leaders Ignore International Law

The U.S. Administration, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia made the decision to rewrite history by labeling the Territories ‘Occupied Territories,’ the Settlements as an ‘Obstacle to Peace’ and ‘Not Legitimate….’ Continue reading

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Israeli Sovereignty Over Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria

It is widely accepted, but not correct, that the West Bank belongs to the local Arabs in Palestine who call themselves Palestinians. Israel’s position has not recently been fully stated. At most, it is said that… Continue reading

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Israel Academe Exposed

Israeli universities were not established with the sole purpose of promoting any Zionist vision of Israel. A call for an academic boycott against Israel or a call to dismiss professors from the left or from the right is unworthy of consideration. Yet when respected branches of… Continue reading

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Het Misbruiken van Internationaal Recht als Oorlogswapen Tegen Israel

Drie Spaanse activisten hebben een aanklacht ingediend tegen de Israëlische premier Benyamin Netanyahu, zes leden van zijn kabinet en een hoge militaire officier voor oorlogsmisdaden… Continue reading

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