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...
Arizona State University
Existing Law Requires US to Cut Funding if UN Rejects Israel’s Credentials
Leading members of Congress have recently sentletters and introducedbills threatening to cut UN funding if the General Assembly votes to support a rumored Palestinian move...
Op-eds
Senate Committee Postpones Consideration of Bill Sanctioning ICC Officials
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote tomorrow on a House-passed bill to impose sanctions on prosecutor Karim Khan and other International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for abusing their authorities...
Policy Briefs
Blinken’s careless spin is encouraging terrorists to put more civilians in danger
Excerpt President Joe Biden was right to condemn as “outrageous” Monday’s decision by the International Criminal Court prosecutor to submit arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and...
Op-eds
Stop bailing out South Africa’s corrupt leaders
Excerpt South Africa’s current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has betrayed Nelson Mandela’s legacy of human rights and social justice. South Africa’s citizens suffer through daily power blackouts of...
Op-eds
The ICJ’s New Chief Judge Has a History of Bias Against Israel
Nawaf Salam has also been a candidate for Lebanese prime minister twice since joining the bench in 2018.
Op-eds
Israel’s Day in Court and the Future of Unrwa
The head of the U.N.’s refugee agency for Palestinians must resign.
Op-eds
The US should immediately prosecute culpable Hamas leaders
Publicly available evidence demonstrates that Hamas’s principal leaders, including those residing in Qatar and Turkey, are responsible for the ongoing hostage taking of U.S. citizens in violation of...
Op-eds
US law requires Biden to impose sanctions on Hamas for using human shields
Orde F. Kittrie is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a law professor at Arizona State University. He previously served for over a decade in legal and policy positions...
Op-eds
International Law Accepts No Excuses for Murder, Hostage-Taking
Several activist groups, including chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, have attempted to justify the Hamas murder, torture, and kidnapping of civilians in Israel by invoking a supposed “right...
Policy Briefs
The White House Must Close Its Hostage Bazaar With Iran And Russia
The setting was dramatic and the stakes were high. In the summer of 1987, millions of Americans tuned into the Iran-Contra hearings to witness Secretary of State George Shultz deliver a master class on...
Op-eds
Canada must continue to defend Israel against baseless United Nations attack
The request to the International Court of Justice is designed to subvert the peace process by making Israel's legal occupation unlawful
Op-eds
Hezbollah ‘Green’ Group Builds Dozens of New Military Outposts Along Israeli Border
Israel and Hezbollah are today at the brink of war. Israel’s UN ambassador, Gilad Erdan, refers to his country’s border with Lebanon as “a powder keg on the brink of being ignited.” The tensions...
Op-eds
Continued Hezbollah Impunity Risks Regional Explosion
Three years ago this week, in a Beirut blast widely blamed on Hezbollah, one of the world’s largest-ever non-nuclear explosions killed over 220 people, wounded 7,000, and destroyed or damaged 74,000...
Policy Briefs
Pending ICJ Case Threatens to Demand Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal from West Bank
The United States and other governments have until July 25 to submit their first round of written statements in an International Court of Justice (ICJ) case that could establish a new legal framework demanding...
Policy Briefs
UN Report Ignores Palestinian Terrorism, Blasts U.S. Supporters Of Israel
A 27-nation coalition led by the United States today rightly condemned the United Nations commission of inquiry (COI) investigating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Op-eds
Book Chapter — Using Law as a Weapon Against Nonproliferation and Terrorism: The U.S. Government’s Financial Lawfare Against Iran
In December 2022, Oxford University Press published a chapter by Orde titled, “Using Law as a Weapon Against Nonproliferation and Terrorism: The U.S. Government’s Financial Lawfare Against Iran.” ...
Books
The Use Of Human Shields Is A War Crime. America Must Hold Terrorists Accountable
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Gaza-based terrorist organization, repeatedly used civilians to shield its fighters and rockets from Israeli airstrikes during clashes earlier this month. The use of...
Op-eds
Facing failure in Lebanon
Why the U.S. should stop subsidizing Tehran’s proxy
Op-eds
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...