United Nations – Page 23 – ReThinking Foreign Policy

Israel and International Law: The Bullet-Proof Vest Has Been Confiscated

On: November 9, 2009

Advertisements Attorney Michael Sfard, who works with numerous Israeli human rights groups, published this op-ed in Hebrew in Yediot Ahoronot last week. To the best of my knowledge, it hasn’t been translated on the web, so here it is. Israel and International Law: The Bullet-Proof Vest Has Been Confiscated YediothContinue Reading

Debating Durban II

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: April 17, 2009

In: Uncategorized

Advertisements The much-anticipated Durban Review Conference gets underway next week. While a lot of people seem to have very powerful and set opinions on this event, it strikes me as one that is difficult to choose sides about. The cases made both for and against the conference often seem weakContinue Reading

Goldstone: The Right Choice, and One Israel Needs to Accept

By: Mitchell Plitnick

On: April 7, 2009

In: Gaza, Hamas, human rights, Israel, Operation Cast Lead, United Nations

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