International Opinion Should Invoke the Fourth Geneva Convention against Iran, Not Israel
Ignoring population transfer where it’s actually occurring.
December 23, 2016
International Opinion Should Invoke the Fourth Geneva Convention against Iran, Not Israel
Ignoring population transfer where it’s actually occurring.
Yesterday, the UN Security Council was set to vote on a resolution pressing for a “two-state solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and condemning the Jewish state for a variety of sins, including “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian [sic] territory occupied since 1967, including east Jerusalem.” As evidence that these settlements are illegal, the resolution cited the Fourth Geneva Convention. Egypt, which sponsored the resolution, withdrew it at the last minute. But this interpretation of the Fourth Geneva Convention remains widely accepted even though, as Dore Gold writes, it is based on a fundamental misunderstanding and directed at the wrong party:
December 23, 2016
How Orientalism Explains the Arab World and the Failure of the Peace Process
And how Edward Said’s Orientalism gets in the way.
Despite Old Canards, Zionism Isn’t at Odds with Liberalism
To condemn Israel, the New York Times unleashes the philosophers.
The Jerusalem Papyrus and the Problem of Ancient Hebrew Forgeries
Obscure documents aren’t necessary to prove Jews’ connection to their homeland.
Two Great Mystical Moralists of the 18th Century
One from Italy, one from Russia.