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Nov 2, 2020, 10:58 AM

The EU, the UN, the PA and the Invented “4 June 1967 Borders”

Published on 2 November, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. George Orwell's 1949 novel, "1984.": "Who controls the past, controls the future". With regard to the Israel – Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute, it is doubtful whether a day passes without someone, somewhere, ...

Jul 27, 2020, 3:31 PM

Note to the EU and UN: The Palestinian leopard does not change its spots

In 1948 the independent state of Israel was declared. The armies of several Arab armies invaded what was mandatory Palestine, intended to be the Jewish homeland under the San Remo Agreement. Much of Samaria and Judea was captured by...

Jun 1, 2020, 1:52 PM

The EU: Unconditional Support for Palestinian Breaches of Oslo II

The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip September 28, 1995 (hereinafter: Oslo II) seeks to implement the Oslo I Agreement of September 13, 1993. It defines...

Mar 27, 2017, 7:19 PM

Without Israel, there would have been no university education in Palestinian Authority areas.

The Israel hating crowd in South Africa now desire to boycott Israel`s academic institutions due to their “treatment” of Palestinian universities. Let`s ask some questions. Are there universities in the West Bank and Gaza? If so, who established the universities...

Jan 8, 2017, 4:38 PM

ICC Please Note: Gaza is a Separate Sovereign Entity

Message to the ICC: Gaza is a separate sovereign independent entity and you have no jurisdiction under the Rome Statute. Under the Rome Statute, a precondition to the exercise of jurisdiction by the ICC is that the court may exercise its...

Dec 27, 2015, 10:27 PM

When 127 does not equal 127

127. The radio broadcast the first estimate of the number of victims killed by terrorists in their recent attacks in Paris. 127, the radio repeated, later increased to 130. 127 killed. The French population is about 70 million. The...

Feb 12, 2015, 11:07 PM

A follow-up open letter to the chairperson of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict

By email to coigaza@ohchr.org From Adv Charles M. Abelsohn email abelsohnlaw@013net.net February 12, 2015 Dear Judge Mary McGowan Davis, I refer to the courteous appeal to you by Mr Maurice Ostroff in his open letter to you published in the Times of Israel on...

Dec 24, 2014, 1:09 AM

A Look at the Text of the Palestinian Draft UNSC Resolution submitted by Jordan

Jordan has submitted a text to the Security Council for a resolution on Palestine. Jordan? The pre-1967 illegal occupier? Let`s have a look. Mr Maurice Ostroff, in his “The draft Palestine State Resolution and SC242” shows how mainstream media provide...

Jul 14, 2014, 6:22 PM

Message to the ANC: If it`s Illegal, then it is Illegal

On the coldest day of the year, the governing ANC government in South Africa acted to demolish homes in Zandspruit, South Africa. Officials maintain they have a court order authorising the demolition of illegal structures in the area. On...

Jul 1, 2014, 7:44 AM

Love The Presbyterian Way

Desdemona in “Othello” as she is being murdered: “That death's unnatural that kills for loving… I never did offend you in my life.” Having taken a clearly anti-Israel and, let`s face it, through the publication of “Zionism Unsettled”, anti-semitic, step, the...

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About Me

Charles Abelsohn, a co-founder of Truth be Told, retired several years ago as the legal manager of one of the most well–known entities in Israel. He is a graduate of three universities (Cape Town, Stellenbosch and U. of South Africa) in South Africa in Law, Transportation Economics and Finance. His interests, even as a young student, were Judaism, Israel, Economics and Finance.