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Thank the New Israel Fund for United Nations Report Accusing Israel Of War Crimes

TRUTH REVOLT by Ronn Torossian June 22, 2015 Today, the United Nations issued their report on Operation Protective Edge, and found that Israel may have “committed war crimes.” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the report biased, noting Monday “…that … Continue reading

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UN Gaza War Report Leaves No Room for Israeli Self-Defense

COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin June 22, 2015 After months of anticipation, the report by the United Nations Human Rights Council about last summer’s Gaza war is out today and its contents are no surprise. While the UNHRC acknowledged that Hamas’s … Continue reading

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Par for the Course: EU- & NIF-Funded NGO’s Central to UNHRC Lawfare Attack

NGO MONITOR by Staff June 22, 2015 More NGO Cut and Paste – Preliminary Response to UN Gaza Report The report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the 2014 Gaza War, headed by William Schabas and then Mary McGowan … Continue reading

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Israel shifts to offense ahead of UN report on Gaza war

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Mitch Ginsburg June 15, 2015 The Israeli examination of Operation Protective Edge is thorough and often persuasive but also carries traces of advocacy There are, as some have noted, two ways to look at the Israeli-Palestinian … Continue reading

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Commit to Memory: Ten Ways Israel Is Treated Differently

HUFFINGTON POST by David Harris June 14, 2015 It’s appalling to see how Israel is treated by a totally different standard than other countries in the international system. Of course, Israel deserves scrutiny, as does every other nation. But it … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Passport Case Could Yet Boomerang on Obama Administration

NEW YORK SUN by Rick Richman June 8, 2015 Those disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, which struck down a law allowing Jerusalem-born Americans to have “Israel” listed in their passports as their the place of … Continue reading

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Ahead of UN Report on 2014 Gaza War, Multinational Mission of Generals Find: “Israel not only met but significantly exceeded international legal standards”

UN WATCH June 12, 2015 The report of the UN’s controversial Schabas-Davis commission of inquiry on Gaza is to be released imminently, and will be debated on Monday, June 29th, before the Human Rights Council. UN Watch has obtained a copy of a key submission … Continue reading

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Countries Don’t Report Iran Sanctions Violations, UN Report Says

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS by Sangwon Yoon June 9, 2015 ….The report provides fresh ammunition for critics, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of both parties in the U.S. Congress who say that President Barack Obama and America’s allies are … Continue reading

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Obama raises possibility of allowing U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood

LA TIMES by Christi Parsons and Michael A. Memoli June 2, 2015 Obama makes veiled threat about Palestinian statehood in an interview President Obama took a step toward a tougher line with Israel in an interview released Tuesday, raising the … Continue reading

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Hezbollah Builds War Tunnels; UN Peacekeepers Host Clown Show

PJ MEDIA by Claudia Rosett May 27, 2015 Reports out of southern Lebanon tell us that the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah continues to expand its network of tunnels along the border with Israel, preparing for another war. That’s not an accusation … Continue reading

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