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The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas
The Last Palestinian, drawing from interviews with key figures in the West Bank, Israel, and Washington, is the first English biography of Abbas.
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European Commission Confirms Irish Bill Contravenes EU Law
The European Commission last week warned that an Irish bill to outlaw trade with Israeli settlements, which advanced in the Irish Senate in July, would violate the European Union’s exclusive right to determine trade policy for its member states. more...
Experts: Int’l Community Must Target Terrorists Who Use Human Shields
Because terrorists use human shields to protect themselves or cause civilian casualties “without facing consequences,” it is imperative that “terrorists and their sponsoring regimes must be held accountable for their brutal practice of using civilians as human shields,” argued two experts in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. more...
Get Serious About Human Shields
‘Given the kind of precision weaponry you are using,” a French TV reporter demanded, “how do you explain so many civilian deaths, and are you not afraid that basically hurts what you believe to be the legitimacy of the fight?” The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State answered: “We are fighting a brutal enemy that uses noncombatants as shields.” more...
Trump administration’s use of sanctions draws concern
February was a typically busy month for U.S. officials who announce government sanctions. more...
VOA Persia
FDD's Mark Dubowitz and Orde Kittrie join VOA Persia to discuss Iran's nuclear activities following an event held at FDD on human shields. more...
Cruz Bill Would Sanction Terrorists for Using Human Shields
Senators are mounting a bipartisan effort to hold terrorist groups accountable for their use of human shields, a tactic exploited especially by Hezbollah and Hamas, according to legislation to be introduced Tuesday. more...
The Roy Green Show
FDD's Orde Kittrie joins the Roy Green show to discuss legislation passed by the Irish Senate designed to criminalize trade in products produced in Israeli settlements. more...
Irlanda: Senato approva boicottaggio prodotti Israeliani. L’indignazione di Israele
Mercoledì 11 luglio il Senato irlandese ha votato una proposta di legge che vieta l’importazione di beni prodotti negli insediamenti israeliani situati nei Territori palestinesi. more...
Ireland’s anti-Israel Obsession
Today, the Irish Seanad, one of the houses of Parliament, will vote on a proposal to criminalize business with Israeli “settlements”, including in Jerusalem. Actions which might be criminalized include the purchase of a souvenir by an Irish visitor in Jerusalem’s Old Jewish Quarter. more...
Ireland goes ahead with legislation to boycott products made in Israeli settlements
Ireland’s Senate approved legislation on Wednesday to boycott products made in Israeli settlements. The move to ban such products—the first by a country in the European Union—has been strongly condemned in Israel and is opposed by the ruling party in Ireland. more...
Israel Slams ‘Immoral’ Bill Passed by Ireland’s Senate Outlawing Trade With West Bank Jewish Communi
Legislators in Ireland’s Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that will prohibit “the import or sale of goods and services” from Jewish communities in the West Bank, deemed to have been under Israeli “occupation” since the June 1967 Six-Day War. more...
This Irish Bill Could Create Huge Problems for U.S. Companies Like Apple
A bill expected to pass Ireland’s Senate on Wednesday would criminalize trade in products and services produced in Israeli settlements. If enacted, it could force U.S. firms with Irish divisions or subsidiaries to make a costly choice between violating either Irish law or U.S. law. more...
Atomic Archive Strengthens Case to Fix Nuclear Deal
President Trump stated on Twitter Monday afternoon that he will be announcing his “decision on the Iran deal today from the White House at 2:00 p.m.” Trump is facing a deadline of May 12, which is the expiration date of the current waiver of one of the key Iran sanctions laws that are waived to implement the Iran nuclear agreement. more...
Ireland’s Anti-Israel Stance
Late last month, the Irish Parliament was prepared to pass a piece of legislation that would have made it a crime for anyone engaging in trade with Israel. The bill, which aimed to compliment and support the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions), would have sent to jail Irish citizens who bought souvenirs in Jerusalem or Judea and Samaria, or penalized them with a fine of $310,000. more...
International pressure on Israeli settlements renews push for US anti-boycott laws
Pro-Israel groups are doubling down on their efforts to pass anti-boycott legislation in Congress after a string of recent setbacks. more...
Report: State Department Succeeds In Killing BDS Bill
The State Department was successful in its effort to kill a bill in the Irish parliament that would have criminalized trade with Israelis, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon. more...
Why is Ireland the most anti-Israel country in Europe?
The Irish and Jewish people share a common history of suffering cruel persecution and achieving national redemption against immeasurable odds. But today, modern Ireland is one of Europe’s fiercest critics of Israel. This tension was on display last week as the Irish Senate was considering legislation aimed at criminalizing trade with Israeli settlements. more...
Trump Admin Thwarts Irish Effort to Boycott Israel, Criminalize Trade
The Trump administration played a key role in thwarting a recent effort by the Irish government to boycott Israel and make it a crime for Irish citizens to purchase products made in contested areas of the Jewish state, a move that would have severely jeopardized Ireland's trade with the United States, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. more...
Irish bill to boycott Israeli settlements runs afoul of US laws
A bill to be considered by Ireland’s Senate on Tuesday would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements. If enacted, it could put leading U.S. companies with Irish subsidiaries to a choice between violating the Irish law or violating the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, which require U.S. firms to refuse to participate in foreign boycotts that the United States does not sanction. more...
Norsk hykleri fanger USAs oppmerksomhet
Vi har lenge ment at oppblussingen av antiamerikanismen etter Trumps valgseier før eller siden vil fange amerikanernes oppmerksomhet og koste Norge goodwill i USA. more...