Richard Falk is an international law and international relations scholar who taught at Princeton University for forty years. Since 2002 he has lived in Santa Barbara, California, and taught at the local campus of the University of California in Global and International Studies and since 2005 chaired the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
On Political Precondition
Understanding the relevance of political preconditions is crucial to rational behavior in seeking solutions to long festering problems.…
Rethinking ‘Red Lines’
Redrawing the red lines that fit the realities of our world and keep alive hopes for peace and justice, should be the great diplomatic challenge of our time…
Clarifying My Boston Marathon Post
My only effort was to suggest that in addition to grieving and bringing the perpetrators to justice, this could also become an occasion for collective self-scrutiny as a nation and…
A Commentary on the Marathon Murders
Aside from the tensions of the moment, self-scrutiny and mid-course reflections on America’s global role is long overdue.…
Moving Toward Divestment from Corporations Profiting from Israeli Militarism, Occupation, and Settlements
Israel has been consistently defiant in relation to international law and the UN, and has refused to uphold Palestinian rights under international law.…
Seeing in the Dark with Victoria Brittain
Victoria Brittain has written a book that we need to read, ponder, discuss, and to the best of our ability, act upon. …
Reading Palestinian Prison Diaries
I believe it to be a moral obligation of all of us who care about human rights and freedom to read this book, and share it with others.…
What Was Wrong with Obama’s Speech in Jerusalem
It is perverse to heap praise on the oppressive occupier and then call on both peoples to move forward toward peace by building relations of trust with one another. On…
The Iraq War: 10 Years Later
Not only was the Iraq War a disaster from the perspective of American and British foreign policy and the peace and stability of the Middle East region, but it was…
Envisioning a World Without Nuclear Weapons
I can only commend David Krieger’s ZERO to everyone with the slightest interest in what kind of future we are bestowing upon our children and grandchildren. …
An Indispensable Book on Palestine/Israel
If everyone in America could just sit down quietly and read this book, there would be such an upsurge of outrage and empathy that the climate of opinion on the…
Zero Dark Thirty and American Exceptionalism
For me, more disturbing even than the indirect whitewashing of torture is the nationalization of worldview that pervades the film.…
The Second Anniversary of Tahrir Square Rising
The rising in Tahrir Square two years ago electrified the world and achieved the impossible: forcing the departure of Hosni Mubarak, the harsh and corrupt dictator of Egypt for the…
On Syria: What to Do in 2013
We need the moral fortitude to engage with what we believe is right even if we cannot demonstrate that it will prevail in the end.…
Overdosing on ‘Breaking Bad’
Whatever may be the intention of those who put the series together, I do think ‘Breaking Bad,’ whether deliberately or not, raises disturbing political and cultural questions.…
Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, and Prospects for a Sustainable Israel-Palestine Peace
In the aftermath of Khaled Mashaal’s emotional visit to Gaza in celebration of Hamas’ 25th anniversary, commentary in Israel and the West has focused on his remarks at a rally…
Egypt: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
I have had the opportunity to be in Cairo three times for brief visits in the last 20 months, the first a few weeks after the departure of Hosni Mubarak…
Observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Cairo
It is time for us finally, wherever and whoever we are, to act responsibly toward the Palestinian people.…
The Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment
The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight…
The Latest Gaza Catastrophe: Will They Ever Learn?
Such a circumstance is morally unendurable, and should be politically unacceptable. It needs to be actively opposed globally by every person, government, and institution of good will. …
FPJ Needs Reader Support!
Follow FPJ!
-
Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
by Richard Falk - 3 Comments
-
UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion
by Richard Falk - 1 Comment
-
China and the Arctic: Breaking the Ice
by Richard Falk - 1 Comment
-
Hezbollah’s Syrian Equation
by Richard Falk - 4 Comments
-
On Political Precondition
by Richard Falk - 4 Comments
- US Preparing for a Post-Israel Middle East? by Richard Falk - 298 Comments
-
A Scientific Theory of the WTC 7 Collapse
by Richard Falk - 238 Comments
-
The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel
by Richard Falk - 166 Comments
-
Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
by Richard Falk - 164 Comments
-
Ron Paul: Propagandist or Prophet?
by Richard Falk - 157 Comments
Jeremy R. Hammond: On Political Precondition
Enriqueta: On Political Precondition
a free bird: UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion
Philip wewiora: Washington Signals Dollar Deep Concerns
Follow FPJ!