Amnesty International

January 9, 2025 | |

Ireland Submits Declaration to Join South Africa’s ICJ ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel

Ireland Challenges ‘Genocide’ Definition: Ireland formally intervened on January 7 in South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice...

January 8, 2025 | Richard Goldberg, David May

MSCI Continues Anti-Israel ESG Ratings as Morningstar Removes Its Own

The reliability of the New York-based investment research firm MSCI’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) ratings for thousands of U.S. and international enterprises is undergoing critical scrutiny...

December 13, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Turning human rights upside down

A new era might could see authoritarian states like China and Iran hauling liberal democratic nations before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

December 12, 2024 | |

‘Very Narrow Interpretation’: Ireland Joins South Africa’s Case Against Israel But Wants Different Definition of Genocide

Ireland Joins South Africa’s Baseless ICJ Case: The government of the Republic of Ireland gave approval on December 11 to formally join South Africa’s case at the International...

December 11, 2024 | David May |

The Australian Government Allowed Hate Speech Against Jews and Israel; Then a Synagogue Was Burned

Vandals defaced a synagogue in the Australian city of Melbourne in late November, with the phrases “Free Gaza” and “Jews kill babies.” A week later, in early December, two masked...

December 11, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: December 11, 2024

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December 11, 2024 | David Adesnik |

Amnesty International’s deep bias exposed in report on alleged Israeli ‘genocide’

The lack of evidence of genocidal intent on Israel’s part is nothing short of an embarrassment for the human rights organization

December 10, 2024 | Orde Kittrie |

Amnesty International’s False Genocide Claim

Amnesty International’s report redefines genocide, invents facts to condemn Israel and ignores facts that exonerate Israel. Amnesty admits to its bogus genocide definition on page 101, complaining...

December 5, 2024 | |

‘Predetermined Outcome’: Amnesty International Report Amplifies ‘Genocide’ Charge Against Israel

Amnesty International Redefines Genocide: A new report from Amnesty International released on December 4 asserted that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in the...

December 5, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, David Adesnik, Richard Goldberg, Elizabeth Robbins

What’s being missed? Amnesty International, ICC, UN, and Israel

September 11, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI’s Anti-Israel ESG Ratings Merit State and Federal Investigations

The New York-based MSCI, Inc., imposed “severe controversy” environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings on two Illinois-based companies for doing business in territories controlled by Israel,...

October 30, 2023 | |

10 Things to Know About Hamas and Hospitals

Hamas has commanded a network of tunnels and terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip since it took control in 2007. The Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist organization uses civilian...

October 23, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Real Gaza Hospital Crisis

The media firestorm over whether Israel attacked the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza is over. It was an errant rocket shot by the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad group that exploded near the compound. But another media...

August 23, 2023 | David May, Natalie Ecanow

Australian Government Bows to Far-Left Pressure on Israel

Earlier this month, Australia upended nearly a decade of precedent when the government announced that it will start referring to the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and Gaza as “occupied Palestinian territories”...

November 6, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Jew-Free Investing

How the BDS campaign infiltrated ESG

July 20, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Building on Biden’s Israel Commitments Before It’s Too Late

During President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel last week, he and Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a landmark declaration that contains several important U.S. commitments, including on preventing Iran from...

April 13, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Bad neighbors

Russia is not the only nation threatening the existence of nearby nations

March 12, 2022 | David May |

Israel’s rescue of Arabs from Ukraine undermines oppression narrative

Israel has done what it can to help its Arab citizens and other Arabs to whom it owes nothing to find safety in the conflict.

February 22, 2022 | Shany Mor |

On Amnesty’s car-crash interview in Israel

When the two most senior Amnesty officials presented their new report in Israel they struggled to answer the most basic questions. Their responses, writes Shany Mor, were ‘a mix of exasperation, ignorance, self-contradiction, and conspiratorial magical thinking’.

February 18, 2022 | Toby Dershowitz, Orde Kittrie

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.