Shlomo Levin
ARTICLES BY: Shlomo Levin
A New Report Shows Why the UN’s ‘Special Rapporteurs’ Are Biased Against Israel
Here’s your job: Investigate violations of the rights to food, shelter, or freedom of expression for every single person on Earth. You won’t be paid, so...
From Spain to Passover: The Problem of Inherited Guilt
In 2019, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador formally asked Spain to apologize for abuses committed during his country’s conquest of Mexico. At the...
Human Rights Watch Finally Draws the Line
Omar Shakir has served as Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s Israel/Palestine director for the past decade. In 2018, Israel revoked his work visa due to his...
When ‘Bearing Witness’ Collides With Neutrality: Doctors Without Borders in Gaza
Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF) -- known in English as Doctors Without Borders -- is a large humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance around the world. While...
Why Amnesty International Whispers About Hamas Yet Shouts About Israel
More than two years after Hamas perpetrated its massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, Amnesty International finally released a report documenting those crimes. But they’ve made...
From Kaddish to Day of the Dead: What I Learned Watching Mexico’s Joyful Mourning
I was raised with the traditional Orthodox view that sadness and solemnity are the proper ways to treat death and mourning. In a cemetery, it...
Mamdani Is Wrong About International Law — and Hamas
In a recent Fox News interview, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani refused to say whether Hamas should lay down its arms. When pressed to...
UN Human Rights Experts Want More War in Gaza
Political leaders around the globe, including the United Nations’ Secretary-General, have enthusiastically endorsed President Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. But there is one UN affiliated group, at...
Where the Nazis Failed, America’s Largest Teachers’ Union Now Aims to Succeed
Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, argues that genocide unfolds through a ten-step process. It begins with early warning signs like discrimination and dehumanization, then...
Ramaphosa at the White House: South Africa’s Double Standard on Genocide
On May 21, President Donald Trump confronted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with evidence that his country is committing genocide against white farmers. Ramaphosa...
Celebration or Condemnation? Human Rights, Passover, and the Tenth Plague
Many of us may be uncomfortable with the sweeping destruction of the Ten Plagues as we recite them at the seder -- particularly the final...
How an Oscar-Nominated Movie Stirs Up Hatred of Jews
I’m currently in Oaxaca, a beautiful city in Southern Mexico known for its cultural festivals and distinctive cuisine. Last weekend, Oaxaca hosted a film festival. To...
Shouldn’t Refugees Want to Leave an Open-Air Prison?
The United Nations considers most Gaza residents to be refugees displaced by the creation of Israel way back in 1948. Of course, few if any...
Condemn Israel, Starve Miners: South African Hypocrisy Makes a Mockery of Human Rights
According to the Talmud, Rabban Gamliel banned any student whose deeds were not in keeping with their values (Brachot 28a). This left him with an...
