When a nation joins the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) it should be prepared to have its domestic court rulings overturned by an international tribunal. That hard lesson was recently learned by Ghana. Specifically, on December 15, an UNCLOS court—the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)—effectively overruled […]
December 24, 2012 12:02 by Yarden Frankl Does the Los Angeles Times’s reporting reflect an anti-Israel bias? A number of HonestReporting subscribers asked for our opinion. So we reviewed the Times’s coverage, and while most of the articles we looked at in our survey did not show the kind of factual inaccuracies that we would highlight in […]
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, sent a letter of the complaint to the Security Council on Thursday, demanding the organization enforce UN Resolution 1701, which calls for the disarming of Hizbullah and prohibits the organization from bringing weapons close to Lebanon’s border with Israel. “It is time that European countries recognize Hizbullah […]
As the Assad regime becomes increasingly desperate, its forces are starting to shell civilians in every major city across the country. Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are attacking civilians and rebel forces alike around Hama, Homs and Aleppo, according to a report issued Wednesday by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Nearly […]
Today’s Top Stories 1. Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshaal have agreed to launch a 3rd intifada against Israel. This one’s going to be “popular.” Khaled Abu Toameh explains: Abbas and Mashaal are aware, the sources noted, that the Palestinians are now not ready for another military confrontation with Israel — neither in the West Bank […]
Israel has decided to pay off Palestinian Authority debts for electricity by using tax money the government collects for it. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz ordered that 435 million shekels – more than $110,000 – not only will be withheld from the Palestinian Authority but also will be transferred to the Israel Electric Corp, leaving an […]
North Korea again defied the international community today by launching a Unha-3 rocket, which is the same vehicle as its Taepo Dong-2 ICBM. Despite North Korean claims that the launch was of a civilian satellite, it is a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolutions. The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) presidential statement, passed after North […]
Syria has accused the United States of seeking to frame the country for using chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported. “The U.S. administration has consistently worked over the past year to launch a campaign of allegations on the possibility that Syria could use chemical weapons during the current crisis,” the Foreign Ministry wrote in letters […]
(CNSNews.com) – Amid a new controversy between Israel and the Obama administration over the issue of building in disputed territory, a largely-unnoticed comment by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers fresh insight into an earlier dispute. After presenting a speech at the Saban Forum on U.S.-Israel relations on Friday evening, Clinton, during a question-and-answer time, […]
The White House on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to build 3,000 new homes in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria as “counterproductive” and said it would make resuming peace talks harder. “We reiterate our longstanding opposition to settlements and east Jerusalem construction and announcements. We believe these actions are counterproductive and make it harder to resume direct […]
