Advertisements Last week, 57 Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding a joint State Department-FBI investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. That’s over a quarter of the House Democratic caucus. The list of signatories included some surprisingContinue Reading
Advertisements Last week, I spoke with Ghida Fakhry on her show, Inside America. We discussed the world’s reaction to Israel’s murder of Shireen Abu Akleh and the disgraceful assaults visited upon her mourners at her funeral. It’s wroth watching the whole show, as she also spoke with Adam Shapiro ofContinue Reading
Ambiguity allows people to stay on the sidelines “until the dispute is resolved,” and that has been a condition of which Israel has taken full advantage over the decades. Ending that ambiguity could ultimately prove a game-changer in the 70-plus-year-old conflict. And then we’ll see about war crimes.Continue Reading
Nothing about Israel’s actions justified Hamas’ crimes. The same is true in the reverse, however. Israel has every right to defend its citizens from these criminal attacks, and virtually no one debates that point. The question is whether the measures they took to do so were in accordance with the laws of war and whether the alarmingly high volume of civilian deaths, injuries and property damage was an unfortunate result of war or the result of a lack of proper care, willful or not, to try to avoid civilian casualties.Continue Reading
Advertisements Richard Falk posted the following declaration of professors and international lawyers and other human rights experts. As a more or less legal statement, it’s a bit wordy, but I strongly recommend you read it. (Falk’s Prefatory Note: Posted here is a Joint Declaration of international law experts from aroundContinue Reading
