The U.N.’s final solution to the Israel question
Its campaign of demonization and delegitimization escalates
Anne Bayefsky
Germany’s roguish stand against US, Israel must be stopped
Co-written by Anne Bayefsky Israel and the Trump administration have a German problem, ironically manifesting itself on Israel’s 69th birthday. Just as President Trump’...
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Obama Out to Lunch at the UN
At last week’s grand gathering of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, one of the Obama administration’s worst fumbles was largely unreported by...
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Iran and Hamas’ Swiss Enablers
I remember roughly two years ago in September of 2010 when Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and I uncovered the Swiss heavy ear...
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Palestinian Statehood and Durban III are Both Designed to Delegitimize Israel
Co-authored by Anne Bayefsky Two United Nations-sponsored anti-Israel events will coalesce this week, which are largely — and mistakenly — being treated as separate...
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The Coming Crisis Over Palestinian Statehood
Even as we sort out the latest financial crisis, Newt Gingrich is calling our attention to the fact that, in just a few short weeks, we will be confronted by a hostile political power play on the...
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And Now, Iran as a Vice President of the UN General Assembly
Not that the United Nations is advertising the fact, but Anne Bayefsky has the story. As the UN prepares for Durban III this September in NY, Iran– yes, you read that right, Iran –&nb...
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Forget Arab Democracy, Let’s Pretend It’s about Israel
It is no coincidence that the Hezbollah-dominated Lebanese government, a non-standing member of the U.N. Security Council and an Iranian subsidiary, sponsored a resolution last Friday conde...
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Time for a Tea Party at Turtle Bay
Foreign policy was a side issue in Tuesday’s election. But with crises in the making, from Venezuela to Iran, and points between and beyond, the wider world will be muscling its way into th...
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Seriously, Where Is Imam Feisal, and What’s With His Web Site?
If you look past the rhetoric, the realities - or should I say the morphing unrealities? - of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's Ground Zero mosque and Islamic center project grow ever more curious. P...
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UN Goldstone Commission Member Equates Israel with Terrorists
The anti-Israel, UN sponsored Goldstone Report enters its second phase of its assault on Israel, aiming at stripping that nation of its right to self-defense and legitimacy. (Anne Bayefsky detail...
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Here Comes the UN’ s Libyan Blights Council
Libya on the United Nations Human Rights Council? That sounds nuts. But this is the UN. By Thursday evening, with the Obama administration apparently AWOL on this outrage, it may be a done deal....
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Who Wins?
In the wake of Friday night's vote on a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations on the crisis in the Middle East, are there any winners in the thirty-some days' war? National Review...
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Turtle Bay Tea Party
Foreign policy was a side issue in Tuesday’s election. But with crises in the making, from Venezuela to Iran, and points between and beyond, the wider world will be muscling its way into th...
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The Father of Modern Terrorism; The True Legacy of Yasser Arafat
The true legacy of Yasser Arafat.
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The End of the Right of Self-Defense? Israel, the World Court, and the War on Terror
A country's right to defend itself against external attack is so irreducible a component of sovereignty as to have been assumed from time immemorial. Recent events, however, have cast seriou...