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Is Israel a Colonial State? The Political Psychology of Palestinian Nomenclature

March 7, 2010 | Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf

Israel’s creation, far from being a foreign colonial transplant, can actually be seen as the vanguard of and impetus for decolonialization of the entire Middle East, including a significant part of the Arab world, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

New Revelations About the UN Goldstone Report that Seriously Undermine its Credibility

February 11, 2010 | Amb. Dore Gold, Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

Col. (ret.) Desmond Travers, the Goldstone Commission's military expert, displayed a fundamental bias against the Israel Defense Forces, reported false information about IDF weapons systems, claimed that Hamas fired only two rockets at Israel prior to last winter's conflict, and displayed a clear lack of professionalism in conducting his investigations.

A Moral Evaluation of the Gaza War – Operation Cast Lead

February 4, 2010 | Prof. Asa Kasher

There is no army in the world that will endanger its soldiers in order to avoid hitting the warned neighbors of an enemy or terrorist. Israel should favor the lives of its own soldiers over the lives of the well-warned neighbors of a terrorist when it is operating in a territory that it does not effectively control, because in such territories it does not bear the moral responsibility for properly separating between dangerous individuals and harmless ones.

Curbing the Manipulation of Universal Jurisdiction

August 27, 2009 | Justus Reid Weiner, Diane Morrison

International Law and Military Operations in Practice

July 7, 2009 | Col. Richard Kemp

International Law’s Limitations on Contending with Terror

June 18, 2009 | Dr. Roy Schondorf

Introduction: The Dangerous Bias of the United Nations Goldstone Report

June 18, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

Opening Remarks

June 18, 2009 | Dr. Lars Hansel

Conference: Hamas the Gaza War and Accountability under International Law

June 18, 2009

U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements

June 9, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

Did Israel Use “Disproportionate Force” in Gaza?

December 28, 2008 | Amb. Dore Gold

International Legitimacy and International Law

August 29, 2008 | Daniel Taub

Universal Jurisdiction

August 29, 2008 | Irit Kohn

International Law and the Fighting in Gaza

August 27, 2008 | Justus Reid Weiner, Abraham (Avi) Bell

Is Israel Bound by International Law to Supply Utilities,
Goods, and Services to Gaza?

February 28, 2008 | Abraham (Avi) Bell