February 20, 2016

French ambassadors back Palestinians in 'knife intifada' against Israel

Backing the French initiative to convene an international conference in the near future on the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict," a group of eleven prominent French ambassadors published an appeal in Le Monde on February 3, 2016, urging Paris ...

October 10, 2015

Is the Iran Deal a Fait Accompli?

On September 11, 2015 – a fateful date for America – Congress failed to gather the 60 Senate votes required to pass a Resolution of Disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal, thus giving a green light to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...

August 13, 2015

The Iran Nuclear Deal's Fallout on the United Nations

The U.S. Congress is presently reviewing the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action, a deal concluded on July 14, 2015, by Iran and the main world powers. It is likely Congress will reject the deal next month and it may or may not be able to later o...

July 21, 2014

Responding to Aggression under International Law

The lofty provisions of international humanitarian law are largely respected by Israel and other civilized nations. How should they be interpreted when dealing with a terrorist group like Hamas which systematically violates them? The Fourth Geneva...

December 18, 2013

Israel and the Myth of Occupation

The political right wing in Israel has finally recovered its voice.  In an open letter to PM Netanyahu, published in Haaretz (Hebrew Edition) on September 20, 2013, a group of 19 Knesset members urged Netanyahu to uphold the sovereign rights on ...

December 14, 2012

The Unraveling of the Palestinian Propaganda

On December 5, 2012, the New York Times published an op-ed from Saree Makdisi, a professor of English literature at UCLA, titled "If Not Two States, Then One." Professor Makdisi and his cohort of fairy-tale-weavers are finally caught up in a fantas...

June 3, 2012

3236: A Number Pregnant with Danger for Israel

Commenting on American economic policy, David Brooks wrote: "A country is divided when different people take different sides in a debate.  A country is really divided when different people are having entirely different debates." Israel is experi...

April 25, 2010

Israel's Right to Exist as a Jewish Homeland

The U.S. regularly reiterates its support of Israel's security, but it says nothing about Israel's legal rights. These legal rights originated at the San Remo Conference, and the Resolution passed on April 25, 1920 is enshrined in international law. ...

July 22, 2007

Peace is the Wrong Objective

I would like to sketch out the basis of any agreement in the future that, in my view, could bring a lasting peace in the Middle East.I would preface any tentative agreement on the Middle East with a real Declaration of Principles (DoP).  Not the...