Palestine: the Real Apartheid State In the Making

"Palestine"is an apartheid state in the making. "Israel Apartheid" Week is the time to publicize that fact. During Israel Apartheid Week, orchestrated on campuses around the globe, the time has come to put the shoe on...

UN Afghanistan report: UN blames Terrorists for Civilian Casualties – Unlike Standards Used For...

A little-noticed “United Nations’ Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict”, issued in January, which absolved allied coalition forces of culpability for civilian casualties in the almost decade long war against Taliban...

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights...

ADVANCE EDITED VERSION Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/10/23 16 January 2009 Original: ENGLISH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY-GENERAL Summary The present report, submitted pursuant to Human...

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan: AFGHANISTAN ANNUAL REPORT ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN...

UNAMA, Human Rights Kabul AFGHANISTAN January 2010 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2009 UNAMA Human Rights United Nations Kabul AFGHANISTAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary I. Impact of the Armed Conflict on Civilians: 2009................................................1 II. Anti-Government Elements.................................................................................8 AGE and Civilian...

Silence, music and mysticism:Zvi Mark’s book is a significant contribution to our understanding of...

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...

NIF-Funded NGOs: Goldstone’s Building Blocks

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;...

Crossing Red Lines; NIF and Israel

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...

Hey NIF: Criticism is a Democratic Right

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....

Remembering One Victim of Arab Terror

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...