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Nov 21, 2023, 2:50 AM

Israel, Gaza and the Law of War

Three weeks ago, several hundred legal academics published an open letter accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. On its face, the letter projects a patina of legal credibility, complete with 85 footnote citations and repeated appeals to...

Jul 5, 2015, 11:55 AM

The Farce of the Flotilla

Last week's so-called 'Freedom Flotilla' was an exercise in anti-Zionist political theatre that had nothing to do with freedom or humanitarian motives I’m certainly no Marxist, but Karl was on to something when he observed that history repeats itself, “the...

Jun 24, 2015, 10:06 AM

The UN Inquiry on Gaza – An Unscrupulous Report by an Unprincipled Body

UN Human Rights Council Report into the 2014 Gaza Conflict - Cursory Analysis The fingerprints of Israel-phobic UN Human Rights Council staffers are evident throughout the report into last year’s conflict in Gaza published by that body’s supposedly ‘Independent Commission...

May 11, 2015, 1:05 PM

Breaking the silence isn’t golden

Testimony purporting to demonstrate IDF war crimes actually shows commendable efforts to spare non-combatants

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Ted Lapkin is a former Israeli combat-intelligence officer who has worked as a political strategist and speechwriter in Washington and Canberra. His debut novel 'Righteous Kill' (https://amzn.to/2LzsU8t) was published in 2020.

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