The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Gaza Conflict: A Clear Violation of All...

Vol. 15, No. 4       February 5, 2015 William Schabas, Chair of the UN Gaza Inquiry, resigned from his post this week. His glaring anti-Israel bias was demonstrated in statements made by him over...

Iran Becoming “A Very Successful Regional Power”

Last Friday, Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels dissolved Yemen’s parliament and set up a five-member presidential council to form a transitional government to govern Yemen for the next two years. The steps were taken to fill...

‘We need to recognize that Islamic State is positioned to make inroads elsewhere in...

General David Petraeus, former CIA chief, does not see much cause for optimism regarding a deal with Iran: 'We cannot allow them to be on the brink of having a nuclear weapon'; believes 'threat...

The Palestinian Authority’s New Economic Strategy

The Palestinian Authority is not content with breaching diplomatic clauses of the Oslo agreements and taking unilateral steps such as turning to the United Nations Security Council and the International Criminal Court at The...

The Role of the Palestinian Authority in Israel’s Election Results

Those around the world who are upset with Prime Minister's Benjamin Netanyahu electoral victory over the Zionist Camp party should put much of the responsibility for Israel's rightward turn squarely where it belongs: on...

Exposed: US and Russia in talks for promoting a ceasefire in Syria and the...

Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon will enter his second term as defense minister with high levels of tension (once again) on the northern border. The media receives only bits of information about what is happening in...

What the UN report on Gaza left out

Two pages of the United Nations Human Rights Council's recently released report on the 2014 Gaza conflict tell just about the whole story. The report, the work of the Human Rights Council's Independent Commission...

A New Low? UN Report Suggests Israel Caused Gaza’s Rising Infant Death Rate, Doesn’t...

File this one under "UNRWA's Use of Dead Infants to Defend and Abet Terrorists." File this one under “UN Sleaze,” or perhaps under “UNRWA’s Use of Dead Infants to Defend and Abet Terrorists.” Though even...

Iran Underlines Strong Support for Palestinian Hamas

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham underscored the country's continued support for the resistance front in the region, specially the Palestinian Hamas group. "Iran's support for all resistance groups continues similar to the...
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Boundless double standards

The annual irrelevant circus at UN headquarters in New York has been taking place once again…writes Michael Kuttner. Leaders of member nations have performed their usual meaningless acts which at the end of the day...