Alan Baker / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Alan Baker / JNS.org
The UN ‘Commission of Inquiry’ into the Israel-Gaza Conflict Abuses the UN Charter
JNS.org - In May 2021, the UN Human Rights Council established an “ongoing independent, international Commission of Inquiry” to investigate “all alleged violations of international...
It’s Time for a New ‘Status Quo’ on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - Religious practices and observances at major religious sites and shrines are often based strictly and uncompromisingly on historical determinations, customs and practices that...
Criticizing Israel Has Become a Permanent Obsession
JNS.org - The penchant for criticizing Israel, whatever it may or may not do, appears to have become a permanent fixation. Whether such criticism relates...
Once Again: The Vandalizing and Desecration of Joseph’s Tomb
JNS.org - Dozens of Palestinian rioters in Nablus (Shechem) vandalized the Jewish holy site known as the Tomb of Joseph on the night of April...
The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Legal and Political Implications
JNS.org - The bitter hostilities between Russia and Ukraine are accompanied by widely reported instances of indiscriminate targeting by Russian military forces of civilians and...
Amnesty International’s Obsessive Fixation With Israel
JNS.org - Much has been written about the Feb. 1, 2022 Amnesty International report alleging that Israel practices apartheid against the Palestinians.1 From its opening paragraphs...
Area C of the ‘West Bank,’ EU Hypocrisy and Double Standards
JNS.org - Recent policy decisions by the European Union regarding the Israeli-Palestinian dispute demonstrate profound contradictions, double standards and hypocrisy. Being signatories as witnesses to the...
The UN Descent to Its Deepest Depths of Hostility to Israel
JNS.org - The inherent, long-existing political hostility against the State of Israel within the United Nations in general and the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHCR),...
US Consulate in Jerusalem: The Bottom Line
JNS.org - The US administration’s declared intention to reopen its Jerusalem consulate as a representative body to the Palestinian leadership and to provide consular services...
Abbas’ Message of Hopelessness and Hostility at the UN
JNS.org - Anybody reading or listening to PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s statement to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24, 2021, could not but...
Repatriating Israeli Captives Is a Humanitarian Right Under International Conventions
JNS.org - During the Aug. 27 meeting in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, US President Joe Biden and senior American officials, among the...
Cancel the Durban IV Review Conference
JNS.org - The necessity to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is one of the major challenges facing the organized international community. This has been...
Israel’s ‘Citizenship and Entry Into Israel Law’
JNS.org - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is typified by periodic outbreaks of violence and terror carried out against Israel’s citizens within Israel by Palestinian terror groups...
An Open Letter to the Board of Directors of Ben & Jerry’s
JNS.org - Dear board members, In today’s ruthless global business environment, your company’s accentuation of social justice causes is impressive. However, your product and branding have...
