"Dear Judge Goldstone, My name is Dr. David Zangen. I am a consultant in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. Over 50% of my patient population is Palestinian from Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. I speak Arabic and initiated the first training p[...]
Archive for October, 2009
The Key To Peace: Education
All too often, a freeze in Israel’s West Bank settlement construction is characterized as the crucial step to bringing peace to the Middle East. Settlements can disappear, as they did from Gaza four years ago. But education is the key to create a true and lasting peace between neighbors.[...]
Iran, Hezbollah, and Attacks on Israel
Iran's proxy army in Lebanon will think twice before launching another round of missile attacks. By Dr. Ronen Bergman[...]
Human Rights Watch: From Advocacy to Accusations
Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast By ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original [...]
Goldstone Report: Trial on Israel’s Right to Self Defense
What is a country to do when being attacked by a foreign army? The answer to this question seems simple: defend its citizens by all means possible. But for Israel, doing so means condemnation by the world in the form of the Goldstone report.[...]
Col. Richard Kemp Responds to Goldstone
On October 16, 2009 Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan, spoke before the UN Human Rights Council regarding Israel's actions during Operation Cast Lead.[...]
Israel Rejects One-Sided Goldstone Resolution
Israel’s Reaction to the Decision of the UN Human Rights Council Despite the significant improvement in today’s vote (25 in favor, 6 against and 11 abstentions) when compared with the original vote (12 Jan 09) establishing the Goldstone Mission (33 in favor, 1 against and 13 absten[...]
Israel’s Reaction to the Goldstone Report
Every person here knows that today's meeting is not about human rights but an abuse of the integrity and procedures of this organization to make a point to a domestic Palestinian audience.[...]
Sign of Life Received!
On Friday, October 2nd, Israel received a sign of life from Gilad Shalit in the form of a video. [...]





