Topic

UN Resolutions

181, 242, 338, and the record

65 essays

2022

Jerusalem, Our Nation's Capital Throughout History

Jerusalem has served as the political and spiritual capital of only the Jewish nation for more than 3,000 years, while Arab and Islamic claims to the city are recent and …

2013

Rabin: More Than Meets the Eye

Today, 18 years after signing the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and 18 years after his tragic death, Yitzhak Rabin was lauded by President Barack Obama as a man of peace and …

2013

Livni's Misguided Sense of Accomplishments

Tzipi Livni was recently offered the position of Minister of Justice in Netanyahu’s government. At first, Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni advocated …

2012

Gaza and International Law

What unites Palestinian Arabs is their opposition to Jewish nationalism and a desire to stamp it out - not aspirations for their own state. Murdering Jews is a collective …

2012

In Memory of Ben Zion Netanyahu

A tribute to Professor Ben-Zion Netanyahu’s role in protecting Jewish settlement rights in Palestine through Article 80 of the UN Charter at the San Francisco …

2012

Tzipi Livni Just Quit the Knesset

Livni misguided a nation as to the outcome of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.

2011

Short and Simple: The Palestinian State

An examination of the historical absence of a sovereign Palestinian state and the artificial nature of Palestinian identity within the Arab world.

2011

Thomas Friedman's Partition Plan

On June 18, 2011 the New York Times published an OP-ED by its Columnist Thomas Friedman, named “What to Do With Lemons,” suggesting to “update …

2011

Facts vs. Abbas' New York Times Op-Ed

A point-by-point rebuttal of Mahmoud Abbas’ claims regarding the Partition Plan, UN resolutions, Palestinian refugees, and the historical basis for Jewish …

2011

Abbas - Rewriting Middle East History

“Repeat a lie often enough and people will begin to believe it.” Nazi propaganda master Joseph Goebbels. This essay examines Palestinian leader Mahmoud …

2011

Had There Been No War, There Would Be No Nakba.

**Starting a civil war in 1947 after the Arabs rejected the United Nations Partition Plan, Palestinian Arabs became belligerents in the conflict. Rather than accept a …

2011

UN Res. 377: A Clear Danger

The United Nations General Assembly’s misuse of Resolution 377 threatens international law and the authority of the Security Council.

2010

PA Drafts UN Resolution

Calls for a freeze on Jewish construction in disputed Territories are biased when Arab construction continues unfettered, and Jewish settlements are legal under the Oslo …

2010

Have We Lost Sight of Rabin's Vision?

Excerpts from Yitzhak Rabin’s final speech to the Knesset reveal his realistic vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace, including a Jewish state, united Jerusalem, and …

2009

Goldstone: Terms that Deceive

Eli Hertz examines how Goldstone and UN bodies misuse terminology to rewrite history and falsely establish Palestinian identity and territorial claims.

2008

Ignorance or Lies?

An examination of Israel’s claims regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the extent to which it constitutes a genuine achievement or diplomatic failure.

2007

What is there to celebrate?

On Israel’s 60th anniversary, examining the UN Partition Plan and the true legal basis for Israeli statehood.

2004

To Condi; Who is Humiliating Whom?

On October 11, 2006 in a Keynote Address to the American Task Force on Palestine,[1] Secretary Condoleezza Rice claimed that Palestinian Arabs feel ‘daily …

UN Resolution 181 - November 29, 1947

In 1947 the British put the future of western Palestine into the hands of the United Nations, the successor organization to the League of Nations which had established …

The Territories

A UN coalition sought to rewrite history by labeling the Territories ‘Occupied Territories,’ thus endowing them with an aura of bogus statehood and a false history. They …

Aggression - The Illegal Use of Force

UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 have never branded Israel as an occupier or aggressor. As a matter of fact, the UN rejected every draft resolution that …

Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish state

A record of the League of Arab States’ rejection of Israel as a Jewish state, from the League’s founding in 1945 through the 2002 Beirut Declaration.

Arab Unlawful Acts of Aggression in 1967 - Series 2

In June 1967, the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan attacked Israel with the clear purpose expressed by Egypt’s President: “Destruction of …

Child Murder in the Village of Itamar

UN Security Council Resolution 1377 reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of …

Combating Terrorism

UN Security Council resolutions and international law define crimes against humanity and impose mandatory counter-terrorist obligations on all states to pursue and hold …

Combating Terrorism from Gaza

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and International treaties define crimes against humanity as the “participation in, and knowledge of, a …

Freeze Arab's illegal Construction First

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s calls for a freeze on Jewish construction in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem while Arab construction continues unfettered are …

Freeze on Jewish Construction - A Double Standard

Arabs claim that Jewish settlements “change the status” of the Territories and represent a distortion of the Oslo Accords. The phrase applies to acts that …

General Assembly Resolution for Limited Palestinian Statehood Lacks Legal Authority

A host of resolutions passing annually by the General Assembly are not legally binding documents by any measure. One needs only to read Article 10 of the UN Charter: …

Goldstone Mission Guilty of Hate Crime

Arab leaders will see the Goldstone Report as justification to continue to incite, inflame and encourage Palestinian Arabs to pin every problem they face as individuals …