Recently, on a University of California campus, several dozen students repeatedly and brutally interrupted my lecture. Their goal was to undermine the freedom of expression and delegitimize the Israeli state. They did not achieve it...[...]
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
November 25th, 2009 - 5:16 pm § in Politics
Israeli Government to Freeze Settlment Activity for 10 Months.
Photo: GPO In an effort to jumpstart negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday a 10-month settlement freeze in the West Bank. The decision was confirmed in a vote of 11-1 by his Security Cabinet composed of senior ministers and security officials. This decision, on [...]
Shimon Peres Confronts Iran…In Brazil
During the week of November 10th, President Shimon Peres took the fight against Iran’s growing nuclear program across seas and continents to Brazil. A modest friend of Ahmadinejad’s regime, Brazil is scheduled to host the Iranian President in late November. As South America’s largest country,[...]
Following in Rabin’s Footsteps Towards Peace
November 4th, 2009 marks fourteen years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. A picture of the man who worked so hard to make peace -- and died for that effort -- sits in my office as a constant reminder of the objectives pursued by this great man and by my nation.[...]
Israeli Doctor: Dear Judge Goldstone, They Deceived You, You are Wrong
"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[...]
October 20th, 2009 - 12:44 pm § in Politics
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 [...]
October 19th, 2009 - 9:27 am § in Operation Cast Lead, Politics
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.[...]
October 2nd, 2009 - 1:19 pm § in Politics
Sign of Life Received!
On Friday, October 2nd, Israel received a sign of life from Gilad Shalit in the form of a video. [...]
September 30th, 2009 - 9:38 am § in Interviews, Politics
Israeli Ambassador Draws on American Roots
On Saturday, September 26th, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, was the "Saturday Profile" in The New York Times.[...]
At the U.N., Terrorism Pays
As the UN discusses the Goldstone Report, Defense Minister Ehud Barak took the bold step to set the record straight and speak directly to the people in a published op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, declaring, "It was my duty as defense minister to stop Hamas rockets." [...]
