Monthly Archives: February 2010

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=0&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=378&PID=1857&IID=3377&TTL=New_Revelations_About_the_UN_Goldstone_Report_that_Seriously_Undermine_its_Credibility Col. (ret.) Desmond Travers was one of the four members of the UN Fact Finding Mission that produced what is widely called the Goldstone Report. The Mission investigated Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza...

Just in this past week we have seen a number of instances of anti-Israel (read: anti-semitic) outbursts aimed at speakers who have been scheduled to appear at various universities around the world. For example, the...

Six years ago, Yehuda Haim got on a bus to work one sunny February morning in Jerusalem, and paid with his life. Friday marks six years to the day, according to the Hebrew calendar, since...

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=167765 It’s strange that groups claiming to be well-versed in human rights seem so unfamiliar with the concept of free speech. Talkbacks (1) Those who make a full-time pursuit of criticizing others probably should grow thicker skin....

This week, the battle in Jerusalem over the credibility of the New Israel Fund moved to the Knesset, where Israel’s elected officials will conduct what will likely be a spirited debate as to whether...

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/nif_funded_ngos_goldstone_s_building_blocks February 09, 2010 NIF-funded groups and their publications were featured centrally in the Goldstone report, which focused on alleged Israeli “war crimes” in the 2009 Gaza war. The report referenced B’Tselem more than 56 times;...

REVIEW OF Mysticism and Madness By Zvi Mark | Translated by Ya’acov David Schulman | Continuum Books | 306 pages | $44.95 Thirty-five years ago, as a college freshman in New York City, I wandered one evening...

Press Release February 11, 2010 JERUSALEM - The research and watchdog group NGO Monitor (ngo-monitor.org) today called on the New Israel Fund (NIF) to implement clear "red lines" regarding the activities and rhetoric of the non-governmental...

Jerusalem - An American citizen, Karen Abu Zayd, retired last week as the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which services Palestinian Arab refugees from 1948 and their descendants. Ms. Abu...