International Criminal Court

March 7, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Crimes Against Humanity Under ICC Spotlight

Turkey is facing difficult times, really difficult times. The numerous earthquakes which struck ten provinces in the southeastern part of the country killed tens of thousands, made 1.25 million homeless...

February 24, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer, Joe Truzman

Why the West Bank is in chaos

Palestinian terrorism in Israel is on the rise. Daily headlines convey a steady stream of stabbings, vehicular attacks, and other forms of violence. Few expect the media to be fair, much less balanced....

December 16, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review

December 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December

November 23, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Why sic the FBI on the IDF?

The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh

November 17, 2022 | |

Abu Akleh Investigation Conflicts With Prior Assessment, Increases Risk for U.S. Military

Israeli officials this week confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. The Palestinian-American journalist tragically died last May during an Israeli military counter-terror operation targeting Iran-sponsored Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the West Bank city of Jenin. Israel has increased counter-terror operations in the West Bank in response to Tehran’s attempt to stoke violence. The Justice Department investigation, which appears to conflict with a previous U.S. government assessment that Israeli forces likely struck Abu Akleh unintentionally, could put U.S. and Israeli troops and other officials at increased risk for international investigations.

August 24, 2022 | Orde Kittrie, Bruce Rashkow

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

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...

June 18, 2022 | David May |

UN Human Rights Council report aims to put Israelis behind bars

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict released its highly anticipated report on Tuesday. The commission distorts history and erases Jerusalem’s...

May 9, 2022 | David Adesnik |

Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice

The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.

April 10, 2022 | Ivana Stradner |

Uyghur Tribunal Emerges as a Model for Addressing War Crimes in Ukraine

It is naïve to expect that the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice can deter President Putin from committing further atrocities.

April 8, 2022 | Lauri B. Regan, Jonathan Schanzer

Book Review: The Never Ending War

One ideological goal that has animated foreign policy decision-making over the past three U.S. administrations has been a desire to retreat from “forever wars.” For Israel, such a fantasy-driven ambition...

April 3, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

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...

March 4, 2022 | Richard Goldberg, John Hardie

Putin Is Making a Mockery of the United Nations

The Biden administration must finally recognize what engagement at the U.N. can and cannot do.

February 17, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

February 9, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism

It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state

February 2, 2022 | Tzvi Kahn |

Canada must hold Iran accountable for downing of Ukrainian airliner

It is now clear that if Ottawa and its partners wish to achieve justice for the victims, they must impose harsher penalties on Iran.

January 12, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The U.N.’s final solution to the Israel question

Its campaign of demonization and delegitimization escalates

October 6, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

August 2, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hangman-in-chief

Iranian presidential elections have rarely mattered. Both the past victory of the so-called reformists and now the restoration of a tailor made presidency to consolidate the regime, portray something similar...