An Open Letter to Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Advocate George Bizos SC

Can a good man produce a bad report? Judge Richard Goldstone and the Goldstone Report.

President Obama, Rabin's Legacy and the Words We Use

If progress is to be made in negotiations the mantra "end the occupation" must be replaced by the pragmatic term "territorial compromise," as contemplated by Yitzchak Rabin as well as in the careful wording of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.

Send the Goldstone Report Back To the Drawing Board

The report of the Goldstone Fact-Finding Mission has serious defects that need to be corrected before it can be treated seriously by the public or the UN Human Rights Commission.

Facts are Unimportant When They Contradict Our Preconceived Opinions

Is non-payment of rent grounds for eviction? What if the tenant is a Palestinian living in East Jerusalem?

Is the UN Fact-finding Mission into Gaza Impartial?

Here are the facts – you decide.

An Unseemly Rush to Judgment

Critics of Israel seem to focus only on damaging media reports, while ignoring the wealth of credible evidence of the great lengths to which the Israeli army goes to minimize civilian casualties.

Can George Mitchell Replicate his Success in Northern Ireland?

It is evident that in adapting the Irish peace model to the Israel-Palestinian conflict an essential addition to the six Mitchell principles is required, namely an undertaking to replace incitement by messages of mutual understanding.

The Main Obstacle to a Peaceful Solution with Hamas

President Sarkozy and other intermediaries should focus on the insidious role of incitement in the tragic violence that plagues the Middle East.

Academic Freedom and Sloppy Research

The much discussed articles and latest book by Professors Mearsheimer and Walt, attacking the Israel Lobby, are glaring examples of misleading by omission of vital relevant data.

“God’s Warriors” Disappoints

The CNN special omitted from its six hours many experts in the field, leaving serious viewers more confused than before.

An Examination of the Palestinian Demand for a Right of Return

One must ask why, unlike the millions of refugees who have been resettled in host countries, only the Palestinian refugees have been left to rot in camps as political pawns, pacified by the false hope of return, rather than absorbed by their brethren in neighboring countries?











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