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Flotilla Activist Admits it’s not a Humanitarian Effort – It’s a Political Provocation

Maurice Ostroff — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:18:38 +0000

"In our view, the flotilla is clearly a political provocation … since there's no need for a flotilla to aid Gaza". Activist Joe Catron admits this is true.

Prominent flotilla activist Joe Catron admits publicly that the Flotilla is not a humanitarian operation, rather, in his words, it is "of course a political [...]

An Open Letter to Mary Robinson about the Elders Delegation to the Middle East

Maurice Ostroff — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:40:52 +0000

When I learned that you would be going to Gaza I was hopeful that as the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, you would seize the opportunity to deal with the Gilad Shalit situation directly.

A delegation of "The Elders" led by Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, [...]

Misinformation About Gaza and the Flotilla Debacle

Maurice Ostroff — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:03:58 +0000

Four essentials the media ignore.

Whether or not one considers the Gaza blockade justified, moral or wise, intellectual honesty demands that we base our conclusions on credible information. Unfortunately the majority of reports about the Gaza blockade are glaringly misleading.

Politicians, journalists and other pundits cannot reach rational conclusions about Gaza, while they continue [...]

An Open Letter to Rt Hon. David Miliband

Maurice Ostroff — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:20:10 +0000

It is rather improbable that if the Mossad had prepared the forged passports they would have pointed the finger at Israel by using the identities of persons living there.

An Open Letter to Rt. Hon. David Miliband Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

March 25, 2010

Re: Your statement about the fraudulent use [...]

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

Maurice Ostroff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:40:00 +0000

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

Re: Your defence of Judge Richard Goldstone dated January 21, 2010

Kudos for defending Judge Goldstone's personal reputation; in particular against accusations that he collaborated with the apartheid regime. These accusations are not only irrelevant they are grossly wrong as [...]

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

Maurice Ostroff — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:55:15 +0000

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.

President Obama's video message to the November 8 Rabin Rally in Tel Aviv was [...]

Send the Goldstone Report Back To the Drawing Board

Maurice Ostroff — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:03:00 +0000

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.

When the UN Human Rights Commission evaluates the report of the Goldstone Fact-finding Mission it can reach only one conclusion. Despite its 575 pages and over 220,000 [...]

Facts are Unimportant When They Contradict Our Preconceived Opinions

Maurice Ostroff — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:21:08 +0000

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

A Google search for Israel evictions yields 195,000 results, almost all condemning Israel because two families were evicted from homes in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on August 2, implying that this was done by the government solely for political [...]

Is the UN Fact-finding Mission into Gaza Impartial?

Maurice Ostroff — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:30:54 +0000

Here are the facts – you decide.

Israel is being widely criticized for refusing to cooperate with what it calls the "intrinsically flawed" UN fact-finding team led by Judge Richard Goldstone into alleged violations of international law during the recent Gaza war. As many consider Israel's allegation of bias by the Human Rights Council (HRC) [...]

An Unseemly Rush to Judgment

Maurice Ostroff — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:45:31 +0000

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.

A recent statement by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, the Zionist Federation and the Chief Rabbi, supporting Israel's military operation in Gaza, [...]