Advertisements Prior to Operation Cast Lead, the devastating Israeli attack on Gaza in 2008-09, there had been six months of a truce which both sides claimed the other did not maintain in good faith. Still, the truce endured. When Israel escalated the tensions on November 4, 2008, killing six HamasContinue Reading
Advertisements Today, Israel’s Turkel Commission came out with its first report on its inquiry into the Gaza flotilla debacle. Their report stated that the IDF acted properly and legally. Roi Maor, over at 972mag.com, efficiently breaks down just how much of a sham the report is. It would feel muchContinue Reading
Advertisements Jim Besser has it right in his post today in the New York Jewish Week. There is no doubt that Operation Cast Lead launched some fierce public discussion here in the US, but most of it was centered on the Goldstone Report and how best to defame one ofContinue Reading
Advertisements B’Tselem has been very successful with our camera distribution project in the West Bank. We’ve now expanded our work in Gaza, and this time, people are noticing. In the New York Times today their “Gaza Journal” focuses on the set of videos we released last week in Israel. What kind of message isContinue Reading
Advertisements It’s always nice to see when a group of diplomats does something right. In the case of the UN Human Rights Council, the announcement last week of a fact-finding mission headed by Richard Goldstone is not only smart and appropriate; it offers some correction for a past error. DuringContinue Reading
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