international law Archives

Pompeo’s Settlement Statement: Facts on the Ground

Shmuel Rosner November 18, 2019

Pompeo Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal

Aaron Bandler November 18, 2019

Professor Schabas and the law of Judicial impartiality

Jewish Journal August 28, 2014

It is now well publicized that Professor William Schabas, a leading international law scholar, has made antagonistic comments about the State of Israel and its leaders, thereby questioning his impartiality as the designated chairman of the UN Human Rights Council’s commission investigating the Gaza conflict.

NGOs call on Israel to lift Gaza blockade

Jewish Journal June 14, 2012

Some 50 nongovernmental organizations called on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.

A Friendly Drink in a Time of War

Paul Berman February 5, 2004

A friend leaned across a bar and said, \”You call the war in Iraq an anti-fascist war. You even call it a left-wing war — a war of liberation. That language of yours. And yet, on the left, not too many people agree with you.\”

Commentary

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson August 27, 1998

One of the most remarkable stories in the Bible is the deathbed scene of King David. The aged monarch, ready to hand over the rule of his kingdom, speaks to his son, the future King Solomon, about what Solomon ought to do after David has died. Trained as we are to expect the Bible to reflect love, forgiveness and compassion, it is shocking to read what David actually tells his son. Rather than instructing Solomon to start with a clean slate, to forgive everybody, to forget the wrongs that have been done to the monarchy, King David recounts a laundry list of those people who have offended the monarchy and harmed the nation. He bids his son to see that they don\’t escape retribution.