On 26 April, Israel’s Independence Day, the Jewish Network for Palestine (JNP), a fringe organisation, held a Zoom lecture with Italian UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. Other speakers in attendance were Israeli Professor of History at Exeter University, Ilan Pappe and SOAS Professor Nur Masalha. The JNP is linked to the anti-zionist Jewish...
Husam Zomlot, PLO Ambassador to the UK spreads harmful misinformation at London Palestinian societies
On Monday October 24, Palestinian societies from King’s College London, Brunel, Imperial College London and the University of Westminster hosted Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK. Zomlot came to speak about what he felt would be the implications of the British embassy moving from Tel...
The UNHRC’s great power & forgotten responsibility
“With great power comes great responsibility.” These were the words spoken by Sir Winston Churchill in 1906 and still ring true today. One would expect the United Nations, a deliberative body dedicated to upholding peace, security, and human rights, established in the shadow of the Second World War, where 60 million people lost their lives...
Nikki Haley’s Stellar Pro-Israel Record Can’t Be Denied
On September 27, Elon University hosted former South Carolina governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as the Fall 2019 Convocation speaker. The description of the event on Elon’s Speaker Series webpage was brimming with notes of the former ambassador’s many accomplishments, including her record as a human rights advocate and her vocal...
Who Will Withdraw Next?
The US withdrawal from the UNHRC is not about advancing a pro-Israel agenda. Reflecting on members participating in the UNHRC, it seems as if the international community has permitted some of the most notorious human rights violators to pass judgment unto nations around the globe. Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, El Salvador,...
U.S. Abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 2334 on Israel’s Settlement Activities Distances Peace
‘UN Security Council Resolution 2334 reflects the modern rise of Palestinian lawfare: using law “to achieve…warfighting objective[s]” against Israel, according to a confidant of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Having failed over the last half century to shift the balance of power through negotiations and armed resistance, the PA has turned...
On Golda Meir’s Birthday, Her Words Ring Strikingly Relevant Today
May 3rd marked Golda Meir z”l’s birthday, the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Born as Golda Myerson in 1898, she began her political career at the young age of 20, as a delegate from Missouri to the American Jewish Congress in the USA, and she never looked back. She was...
United Nations International Day of Democracy
Today is the UN’s International Day of Democracy. Israel was established as a parliamentary democracy, a state with fundamental democratic values. While much of the Middle East is hostile to democratic governments from forming, Israel strives to constantly develop as a democracy. Between rights for Palestinians, women, and members of the LGBTQ...