Did Israel Commit Genocide in Gaza?
In a special session of the Russell Tribunal, Israel’s Operation Protective Edge was critically scrutinized from the perspective of international law.
Read MoreRichard 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. From 2008 until May 2014, he was the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
Posted by Richard Falk | Oct 10, 2014 | Palestine, Viewpoints |
In a special session of the Russell Tribunal, Israel’s Operation Protective Edge was critically scrutinized from the perspective of international law.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Sep 29, 2014 | Regions, Viewpoints |
It is misleading to describe ‘world order’ as consisting exclusively of sovereign territorial states.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Sep 24, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
The UN Human Rights Commission has taken what for it is an exceptional step of appointing a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of war crimes.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Sep 20, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis |
Militarist geopolitics seems destined to lead to yet another Western catastrophe in the tormented Middle East.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Sep 1, 2014 | Palestine, Viewpoints |
I believe it is in the interest of both Jews and Palestinians that Type II anti-Semitism be unmasked as a toxic propaganda tool that should be repudiated.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Sep 1, 2014 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis |
Ahmet Davutoğlu has had a remarkable run as Foreign Minister and as Prime Minister is almost certain to embellish further his many notable contributions.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Aug 27, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
Hamas has some explaining to do if it wishes to be more widely accepted throughout the world as entitled to full respect as a legitimate political actor.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Aug 12, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
It is past time for the peoples of the world to wake up to the real nature of the challenge and support an international campaign of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Jul 31, 2014 | News & Analysis, Palestine |
The time has surely come for a credible ceasefire to take account of the views and interests of both sides and bring this barbaric violence to an end.
Read MorePosted by Richard Falk | Jul 25, 2014 | Palestine, Viewpoints |
That is, don’t answer, if you are a certified critic of Israeli policies and practices.
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