How France Became Iran’s Biggest Advocate
In search of former glory—and money.
September 24, 2019
The Case of Omar Shakir Shows That Israel Needs to Improve Its Defenses against Lawfare
Even if a BDS activist gets deported, Israel’s enemies will win a propaganda victory.
Today, Israel’s Supreme Court hears the case of Omar Shakir, an American citizen who serves as the “Israel/Palestine director” for Human Rights Watch (HRW), a fanatical anti-Israel organization. The Israeli government wishes to deny Shakir’s request to renew his work visa on the basis of a law that forbids granting visas to those who promote boycotts of the Jewish state, and further claims that Shakir violated the terms of his expiring visa by doing so. To Gerald Steinberg, the case generates the difficulties Jerusalem has had at parrying the lawfare campaigns of HRW and similar groups:
September 24, 2019
The Truth about Israel’s Arab Parties
They are anti-Zionist and support terrorism.
The Liberal State, Broadly Defined, Is Not Hostile to Religion
Liberalism need not require a naked public square.
The Case of Omar Shakir Shows That Israel Needs to Improve Its Defenses against Lawfare
Even if a BDS activist gets deported, Israel’s enemies will win a propaganda victory.
The Vanishing Jews of Transnistria
A land without opportunity.