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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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.” ...

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...

Letter on Russia’s illegal seizure and mistreatment of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

Facing failure in Lebanon

Why the U.S. should stop subsidizing Tehran’s proxy

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...

Congress Should Help End UN’s Latest Anti-Israel Waste of Funds

With the UN budget in crisis, it is even more irresponsible than usual to waste precious UN resources on the commission of inquiry or any other Israel bashing exercise.

Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts

Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.

Israeli-Saudi Deal Over Two Islands Is a Step Toward Peace

Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a security arrangement enabling Egypt to transfer to the Saudis two strategic islands near Israel. In return for Israel’s acquiescence, Saudi Arabia is...

How to Include Far More Lawfare Ammunition in Next UN General Assembly Resolution on Russian Invasion

On March 24, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted its second resolution addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.   Both this and the first resolution, adopted on March 2, symbolically demonstrated...

Lifting Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Would Be a Mistake

Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.

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.

Higher Education’s Confucius Institute Hangover

How U.S. Universities Support Beijing’s Military-Industrial Complex

The Middle Kingdom Meets Higher Education

How U.S. Universities Support China’s Military-Industrial Complex

US rejoining UN Human Rights Council; what it should do first

Excerpt The United States on Thursday won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) beginning in January 2022, with the Biden administration vowing to prove it can reform the council from within....