Should People Reconsider Support for the Infrastructure of an Entity at War with the...
Now and then, people remind me of my passionate advocacy for a Palestinian State more than thirty years ago.
In a position paper delivered at a Weiss’s Farm Retreat in 1978, I spoke of a...
Rewriting history on the taxpayer dime
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/12/rewriting-history-on-the-taxpayer-dime/
The U.S. government, via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided support for a glossy 39-page "Palestine Guide Book." Just released by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Tourism, it declares on its...
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.
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Those who make a full-time pursuit of criticizing others probably should grow thicker skin....