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Jun 9, 2024, 10:47 PM

Civilian Casualties

Much has been written on the problems of the veracity of the numbers quoted by the Hamas authorities of civilian casualty figures. What I want to focus on in the blog is the increasing trend of international authorities and...

May 13, 2024, 5:38 AM

Barack & Michelle Obama – MIA Former President Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, cut their chops championing civil rights and community organizing in Chicago. President Obama spent eight years in the Oval Office advocating for racial minorities, migrants, the...

Mar 21, 2024, 6:24 AM

It’s Not Me, It’s You

For as long as I can remember, supporters of Israel have been lamenting about the sorry state of Israel’s public relations. With all of the yiddishe kop smart minds in the advertising and public relations industries, the perennial question...

Feb 13, 2024, 7:31 AM

Musings on the Israel-Hamas War

Pro-Palestinian I pay close attention to the “pro-Palestinian” rallies that take place all over the world, especially to the signs and the placards. “From the River to the Sea” … “By Any Means Necessary” … “Ceasefire Now”. I have never...

Jan 23, 2024, 4:05 AM

Have You Noticed?

Have You Noticed? As I continue to be appalled by the countless pro-“Palestinian” rallies and demonstrations around the world – from New York to London to Sydney to Amman to San Francisco – I am amazed by the one jurisdiction...

Jan 6, 2024, 10:13 PM

Why It’s Hard

Why It’s Hard Pro-Palestinian Position Pro-Israel Position Thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians are being killed in Gaza 1. Israel has no territorial designs on Gaza 2. Israel willingly left Gaza in 2005 at which time the Palestinian Authority took control of Gaza, including its...

Dec 22, 2023, 8:05 PM

Most Destructive in Recent History

Most Destructive in Recent History The Associated Press had a story yesterday (December 21, 2023 ) – in fact, the lead story – titled: Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say. ...

Dec 18, 2023, 8:06 AM

Hostage-Taking Norms

On Saturday, December 16, 2023, the Associated Press published an article by Laurie Kellman: Women and children first? Experts say that in most crises, it’s more like everyone for themselves. The article generally spoke of the evolution of the...

Dec 16, 2023, 11:39 PM

Strings Attached?

Yet again, the Wall Street Journal has missed the point. Leveraging up on just two recent instances of alumni activism, they have woven a nonexistent canard of donors pulling strings to advance their agenda. Here is my letter to...

Dec 16, 2023, 10:46 AM

Today (December 15, 2023), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) posted on “X” the following missive (apparently in response to reports that the Israel Military was beginning to pump water from the Mediterranean to flood the...

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Brown University, BA 1980 Harvard Law School, JD, 1983 Commercial Aircraft Finance Lawyer Author: The Commercial Aircraft Finance Handbook (2nd ed., 2019)