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65 essays
The weight of the evidence of so many scholars, observers, pollsters and monitors make it almost impossible to mitigate, not to mention ignore the enormity of finding a …
Next week, the President of the United States, George W. Bush will pay a formal visit to Israel and to the Palestinian Authority. On the eve of his arrival, the major …
Once again, a report has blamed an event almost solely on Israel while refusing to assign responsibility or even suitably investigate any other party. Unsurprisingly, a …
Article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (adopted in 1989) condemns the recruitment and involvement of children in hostilities and armed …
“War is not politics by other means”, but “represents a catastrophic failure of political skill and imagination.” Kofi Annan, Secretary-General. …
In urgent matters of national survival and geopolitics, words matter. The still generally unchallenged language referring provocatively to an Israeli …
The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, …
Draft resolutions attempting to brand Israel as an aggressor and illegal occupier after the 1967 Six-Day War were all defeated by either the UN General Assembly or the …
Resolution 242 was adopted after the 1967 Six-Day War when Israel was attacked by and captured territory from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. However, the resolution never …
Tzipi Livni Much controversy is being generated as to Minister Tzipi Livni’s ability to lead Israel. She advocates honesty and accountability, but when it came to …
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 …
19 years after signing the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and 19 years after his tragic death, Yitzhak Rabin was lauded by President Barack Obama as a man of peace and …
The Palestinian Authority is expected to seek recognition as an independent sovereign state in the coming General Assembly of 2011, but it will not find the law to …
What kind of society consciously and purposely sacrifices its own youth for political gain and tactical advantage? Suicide bombers are an escalation of a small-arms war …
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its Advisory Opinion in the matter of the construction of the “wall” in Judea and Samaria, cites the right to …
Calls for a freeze on Jewish construction in disputed Territories - while Arab construction, which far exceeds Jewish development, continues unfettered - are clearly …
“Neither customary international law nor the United Nations Charter acknowledges that every group of people [Palestinian Arabs included] claiming to be a nation has …
Education Minister Professor Yuli Tamir proposed adding ‘pre-1967 borders’ to Israeli textbooks. This essay examines the legal and historical context of these …
In March 2002, the Arab League met in Beirut and adopted a two-state solution proposal, based on normalization of relations with Israel in exchange for a complete Israeli …
In the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, after three Arab armies converged on Israel’s borders, even the United Nations recognized that Israel’s pre-1967 …
This article examines the League of Arab States since its founding in 1945, documenting its systematic opposition to Israel and its rejection of peaceful settlement, …
Jerusalem, it seems, is at the physical center of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In fact, two distinct issues exist: the issue of Jerusalem and the issue of the Holy Places. …
Louis Rene Beres International law is not a suicide pact. Israel’s distinctly measured use of force against terrorist bases in Lebanon is entirely consistent with …
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 …
UPDATE: Short version ICJ - Bypassing the UN Security Council Bypassing the Security Council is part of a broader campaign that should alarm all members of the Security …
Both the General Assembly and the Security Council have limited influence on the future of Jerusalem. Judge Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, a former judge ad hoc on the bench of …
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 was intended to resolve the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. Much controversy is being generated as to Livni’s ability to manage and …
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 …
Resolution 194, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 11, 1948, addressed a host of issues, but only one paragraph out of 15 dealt with refugees created by the …
Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries – 1950 Palestinian Arab Refugees – 1950 Resolution 194, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 11, 1948, addressed a host of …