Paris Peace Parley: What We Know So Far

Diplomats from more than 70 countries gathered in Paris for a peace conference lauded by the Palestinians and lambasted by Israel. France slammed the idea of relocating the US embassy to Jerusalem. Diplomatic correspondents Barak Ravid and Raphael Ahren were live tweeting from Paris. Officials in Jerusalem fear a fresh UN initiative two days after […]

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Obama’s Treachery Against Israel Confirmed by Michael Oren

Oren: Obama intentionally abandoned core principles of Israel’s alliance with America In polite diplomatic circles, former ambassador to the US Michael Oren is the Israeli envoy to love, current ambassador Ron Dermer the one to hate. Oren is the diplomat open to everyone, Dermer nothing more than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ambassador to the Republican […]

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Israel Apartheid Week Comes to Town

The insidious analogy returns to college campuses as part of the campaign to delegitimize Israel. The false analogy between apartheid South Africa and Israel – particularly since the UN’s racist 2001 Durban Conference – has played a key role in the campaign to delegitimize Israel and threaten its existence. The strategy of boycotts, divestment and […]

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A Brief Taxonomy of Campus Free Speech Foes

by David J. Rusin  •  Feb 28, 2010 at 11:04 pm Efforts to suppress politically incorrect speech on campus continue apace, as seen in the hostility directed toward Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the U.S., during a lecture on February 8 at the University of California, Irvine. Based on this and other recent events, one […]

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Arab Students Heckle Oren at Speech

Arab students interrupted a lecture by Israel’s U.S. ambassador at a university that has been at the center of campus wars over Israel. The hecklers interrupted Michael Oren more than 10 times Monday night during his speech at the University of California, Irvine, shouting “Israel is a murderer” and “how many Palestinians did you kill?” […]

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