Israeli-occupied territories

April 29, 2025 | David May, Jake Schlanger

5 Wasteful and Harmful UN Organizations That Delegitimize Israel

As the Trump administration undertakes a review of U.S. support for the United Nations, it should defund and seek the elimination of five UN organizations that exist primarily to delegitimize Israel. Toward...

November 8, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

United Nations’ Bigotry Towards Israel: UNRWA Anti-semitism Poisons Palestinian Youth

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July 28, 2023 | |

IDF Intelligence Warns of Growing Threat at Israel-Lebanon Border 

Israeli intelligence personnel have issued increasingly dire warnings about security on Israel’s northern border, Israeli media reported on July 28. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli Prime Minister...

July 12, 2023 | |

Israel Repels Hezbollah Sabotage of Lebanese Border Fence

Hezbollah operatives tried to sabotage the fence on Lebanon’s border with Israel at two points on July 12 but were dispersed by non-lethal Israeli military responses. The incidents — the latest...

December 8, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Neither Here Nor There

Jordan and the Abraham Accords

November 21, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

How to Assess Changes in Morningstar Sustainalytics ESG Ratings

September 11, 2022 | David May |

Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice

Morningstar refuses to take responsibility for how its “responsible investment” methods have targeted Israel, after yet another confusion between Social Justice and Anti-Zionism.

August 24, 2022 | Orde Kittrie, Bruce Rashkow

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

June 17, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

How to Curb Anti-Israel Bias Inside ESG Risk Ratings

June 30, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn, David May, Craig Singleton

United Nations Human Rights Council

June 30, 2021 | David May |

Palestinian Organizations at the United Nations

June 8, 2021 | Orde Kittrie, David May

Norwegian divestment illustrates weakness of campaign to boycott Israel

It will be important to see if the blacklist’s impact is boosted by the new UNHRC commission of inquiry into Israeli activities in the disputed territories, which was approved on May 27.

July 22, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Jonathan Schanzer

Amazon Pays a Fine for Crimea Business, but Occupied-Territories Policy Remains Murky

Amazon.com, Inc., settled with the U.S. Department of the Treasury earlier this month for violating U.S. sanctions by delivering products to Crimea, a region of Ukraine under Russian occupation, and several...

March 4, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Svante Cornell, Jonathan Schanzer

The UN’s Selective Outrage on Occupied Territories

Yesterday during remarks at the AIPAC annual conference, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo referred to the recent publication by the UN Human Rights Office of a database of companies that operate in the...

January 27, 2020 | Svante Cornell, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Occupied Elsewhere

Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes

February 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foundation Under Fire for Awarding Prize to Antisemitic BDS Group

The group is called Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and is an energetic supporter of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state.

February 12, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Crack Down on BDS? Three Anti-Israel Events Cancelled Recently

The first event, featuring pro-BDS activist Shir Hever who was slated to speak on “Israel’s Right-Wing Friends in Europe and in the US,” was scheduled to take place in January in the city of Bonn.

February 1, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Three German Organizations Finance Palestinian Group Employing Terrorists

Former senior official of terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, now leads Al-Haq, Palestinian human rights NGO.

August 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Major German university students say BDS continues Nazi boycott

The student parliament at the Goethe University in Frankfurt on Thursday condemned the BDS campaign for duplicating the Nazi-era movement’s boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses. &ld...

June 12, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germans Demonstrate Against Frankfurt Anti-Israel Event

An estimated 200 activists, including politicians from several German parties, protested on Friday near an anti-Israel conference in Frankfurt. The demonstrators, under the banner of &ld...