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Israel Justified in Closing Palestinian NGOs Argues Renowned Human Rights Lawyer
David Matas, B’nai Brith Canada’s Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, recently penned an op-ed arguing that Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was justified.
In October 2022, Israel closed six...
Architect of judicial reform bill ‘eager to compromise’
Member of Knesset Simcha Rothman expressed his openness to compromise on the judicial reform package that is currently being introduced in the Knesset at a press briefing hosted Thursday by the Jerusalem Center for...
Self-flagellation
Surprising as it may seem, this ancient form of afflicting the body is still practised among various groups these days.
Roman Catholic devotees, especially in places like the Philippines and elsewhere, continue to indulge in...
“We are Fighting Nazis”: Genocidal Fashionings of Gaza(ns) After 7 October
On 31 October 2023, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, wore a Judenstern (“Jew’s star”) while addressing the United Nations Security Council. His provocative adornment of the patch, a symbol of the genocidal marking...
Chapter 2: Hamas, the Road to 7th October 2023
the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract
In this chapter I will examine the changes in the ethos of conflict of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, following...
How Israel Can cope with the PLO by Adopting a Proactive Approach to the...
Edmund Burke, who supported the war against his mother nation, was once asked if he would support the French Revolution. His answer was negative, because "the end is the means in process". To paraphrase...
Comments for Yom Kippur
First two quick comments about the operation in Jordan: When President Clinton commented that its illegal for the U.S. to send agents to knock off people there was an implied air of moral superiority.
Let's...
View from Fourth Circle: The Real, Historic Dangers, Opportunities in the Middle East
Cloak-and-dagger-style assassination attempts, urban car chases, midnight releases from jail, rumours of detainee swaps, and on-again,off-again diplomatic negotiations dominate the news headlines in the Middle East these days - but don't be fooled, for...
PA Ministry of Information on Right of Return
IMRA interviewed Omar Bessisso, Head of Relations and External Media Department in the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information, in English, on May 14, 1998:
IMRA: What do you see as the central message of the...
