Why the Godfather of Human Rights Is Not Welcome at Harvard
Ken Roth, who ran Human Rights Watch for 29 years, was denied a fellowship at the Kennedy School for having the temerity to criticize Israel.
Category: Columns
Ten Israeli human rights organizations to ICC Prosecutor: “We are all committed to assisting your office in advancing the ongoing investigation of the Situation in Palestine”
Yesterday (Tuesday, 27 Dec. 2022), ten human rights groups that operate in Israel sent a first of its kind joint letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),….
Israel-Palestine and Daniel Barenboim’s musical bridges
Through his Divan orchestra and a lifetime’s commitment to peace, Barenboim has long demonstrated his qualities as a humanist with a bold vision of music’s place in the world
Israel’s Expulsion of a Palestinian Lawyer Is a Warning: Be Obedient
The legislation that made it possible for Israel to deport East Jerusalem lawyer Salah Hammouri to France – and the real outrage at the base of it
The last first Israeli anti-Zionist
Sixty years after co-founding the radical leftist group Matzpen, Moshé Machover reflects on the organization’s enduring legacy, the internal splits that led to its demise, and its lessons for today’s anti-Zionist left.
Rise of Israel’s far right puts focus back on the West Bank occupation
HEBRON, West Bank — Last month, as tens of thousands of right-wing Jewish pilgrims paraded through Hebron’s old city under the protection of the Israeli army, 18-year-old Aisha Alazza ventured….
Al-Haq and Partners Address Threats Against Civil Society at the Cooperation Plenary of the ASP 21 to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
On 9 December 2022, Al-Haq delivered a joint statement on behalf of Human Rights Watch, Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Palestinian Centre….
Israel and the Palestinian people
An institutionalised regime of domination and discrimination amounting to the crime of apartheid
The architecture community joins together to support Samia Henni after her Cornell AAP office was burglarized
In early September, the office of Cornell University Architecture, Art, and Planning (Cornell AAP) professor Samia Henni was broken into, vandalized, and looted. This week, architects and academics have rallied….
Israeli citizens and groups to the EU: Define Israel as a state sponsor of terrorism
On November 23rd, the European Parliament decided to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (2022/2896(RSP)). From reading the text of the resolution, Israeli citizens and groups have no doubt that for similar reasons the European Parliament should also recognize the State of Israel as a state sponsor of terrorism. Therefore they sent to the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola a proposal for a resolution in which they made the necessary adjustments for the State of Israel and in which appear all the reasons that they believe are relevant for its approval by the European Parliament.