Posts Tagged: UN
Is Israel’s Home Front Ready For September?
When we moved from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion on August 31, 2010, my family and I became official "settlers." The following day Hamas welcomed our arrival...
Support Peace: Oppose Palestinian UN Gambit
Once again, the Palestinians, with the help of their international enablers, are about to shoot themselves in the foot -- or worse. Barring unforeseen...
Israel: Act Now, While the Media Looks Elsewhere
The end of August is usually a slow month for news but not this year. There were banner headlines: prosecution dropped all charges against Dominique...
Israel Should Be Smart About September
With the failed Flotilla II campaign of anti-Israel, or simply ignorant, European boat-people behind us (those on the boats who tried to reach Gaza last...
Palestinian ‘Head of State’ at UN
Get ready for the statehood steamroller. The United Nations showed its hand this week and sent out a provisional list of speakers for the opening...
The Palestinian Path to the UN
Pundits and policymakers today are frantically grappling with the various pros and cons concerning the Palestinian Authority's plans to seek recognition from the United Nations...
Abbas: No Clear US Rejection of UN Statehood Bid
JPost - The Palestinian Authority leadership hasn't yet heard from the US Administration that Washington is opposed to the plan to ask the UN to recognize...
End the “Durban syndrome,” Start Fighting Real Racism
On September 21, 2011, the United Nations will hold its third World Conference Against Racism, commonly known as "Durban III." In a normal world, that...
Floating Some Ideas for the Flotilla Folk
Now that the world has been treated once again to the sight of such selfless, humanistic, courageous, modern-day Martin Luther Kings and Rosa Parks, whose...
Israel Under Siege: Is It Different This Time?
I haven't written about Israel for a while, partly because I've been uncertain about what I want to say. A picture on the front page of...
Retraction, Renunciation, Rejection, Repudiation: Reconsidering the Goldstone Report
At the close of a week heavy with international change, natural and political trauma, as the American nation awaited news about its economy and its...
The Goldstone Mea Culpa
One would surely have expected that when Richard Goldstone felt impelled to belatedly retract his previous appalling defamation of Israel, he might have selected a...
Where Do We Start and When Do We Stop?
I listened intently this week to the speech given by President Barack Obama explicitly intended to explain to the American public why the U.S. decided...
Get Tough with Hamas Now
These are indeed difficult times requiring painful decisions over issues such as how to placate the Obama administration in order to forestall a breakdown in...
