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Dore Gold vs. Richard Goldstone: Israel Fought a War of Self-Defense

December 8, 2011 | Amb. Dore Gold

On Thursday, November 5, 2009, Amb. Dore Gold and Judge Richard Goldstone discussed the UN report on Gaza war crimes. Dr. Gold shows in his presentation at Brandeis University that Israel engaged in Operation Cast Lead, the Gaza War, as an act of self-defense. Gold shows how Sderot was attacked constantly by rockets from Gaza […]

Anti-Zionist Expression on the UK Campus: Free Speech or Hate Speech?

November 14, 2010 | Lesley Klaff

The last few years have witnessed an explosion of anti-Zionist rhetoric on university campuses across the United Kingdom. Encouraged by the University and College Union's annual calls for discriminatory measures against Israeli institutions and academics, the rhetoric has become even more strident since Operation Cast Lead. A recent boycott-divestment-sanctions campus tour explicitly invoked anti-Semitic tropes. The consequently hostile environment for Jewish students has jeopardized their educ

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

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

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