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The new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nation (UN), Kelly Craft, takes up the United State's seat at the Security Council at UN headquarters on September 12, 2019 in New York City.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

New U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft taking her UN seat, Russia’s use of force, Israel’s annexation plans, hope for U.S. talks with Iran, U.K. austerity, and more. The latest in…
Nati Rom, the founder of Israel's Lev Haolam organization which is active against the Palestnian-led boycott movement, walks next to an Airbnb apartment located in the Esh Kodesh outpost near the Jewish settlemtn of Shilo in the occupied West Bank on November 20, 2018.

Airbnb’s Listings in Disputed Territories: A Tortured Compromise

Under the terms of two recent court settlements, Airbnb will continue to offer rentals in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. That reversal raises potentially…
Moria Shapira Airbnb's apartment owner walks outside of her apartment in Adei Ad outpost north of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on November 20 2018.

Palestinians Claim Violations by Israeli Settlers in Airbnb Case in U.S. Court

In March, two Palestinian-Americans and two Palestinian villages moved to intervene in a suit brought against Airbnb, a global home-rental online platform, in federal court in…
Tear gas is fired by Israeli forces at Palestinian protestors during a demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 8, 2019.

Report of the Independent UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Strip – An Initial Evaluation of a Problematic Report

Bottom line up front: "The Commission chose to infer far reaching conclusions from the limited evidence before it, thus discrediting much that should be appreciated in the report."
United Nations Security Council meeting on January 25, 2019 at the United Nations in New York.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

At the UN this week: ISIL remains a global threat, the US and Russia draft rival Security Council resolutions on Venezuela, the UN welcomes a new peace accord in the Central African…
United Nations Security Council meeting on January 25, 2019 at the United Nations in New York.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

This week at the UN: detention of Turkic Muslims in China, the potential end of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, North Korean sanctions violations, a call to action…

What Are the Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Recent Treaty Withdrawals?

Resorting to treaty withdrawal in response to adverse actions by other parties or decisions by international courts sets a destabilizing precedent.

Why Trump’s Aid Cuts to Syria, Gaza and West Bank Heighten Risk to U.S.

The Trump administration recently announced, in a cascade of shortsighted decisions, that it will cut at least $700 million in aid to Syria and to the West Bank and Gaza, some…
Arab lawmakers stand up in protest during a Knesset session in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Papers are thrown in the air.

“We the Jewish People”–A deep look into Israel’s new law

In the early morning hours on July 19, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed “The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People,” making it part of the Israeli…

The Israeli Supreme Court Decision on the Gaza Riots: Factual and Legal Confusion

The Israeli Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the legality of lethal force the Israeli army used against Palestinian protesters in Gaza was unambiguous in its final decision:…

Analysis of Israel’s Supreme Court Decision Allowing Lethal Force in Gaza

On May 25th 2018, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected, in a unanimous decision of a three judge panel, a petition by a group of NGOs which challenged the legality of the Rules of…

Gaza and Israel: What Do Calls for “Restraint” Really Mean?

International reactions to the violence that erupted this week on Gaza’s border with Israel have taken shape around a somewhat familiar refrain – a call for restraint.  …
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