Inappropriate Use of the Fourth Geneva Convention February 2, 2010 | Eli E. Hertz In advising that Jewish settlements are illegal, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) went beyond its own mandate from the General Assembly without being asked to do so. In paragraph 120 of the Court’s opinion [Advisory Opinion July 9 2004), the […]
The New Palestinian Statehood Push and the Nuclear Threat to Israel By Louis René Beres Posted February 2, 2010 Louis René Beres is a professor of political science at Purdue University and the author of many books and articles dealing with international law, strategic theory, Israeli nuclear policy, and regional nuclear war. In Israel, he […]
Not waving but drowning TUESDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY 2010 The climate change zealots continue their free fall into utter ridicule. Yesterday, the government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, told the Independent that the highly sophisticated hacking operation that led to the leaking of hundreds of emails from the Climatic Research Unit in East Anglia […]
A New Contract With America Posted By Roger Kimball Remember the Contract with America [1]? That was the pact that Newt Gingrich and some of his pals put together during the campaign of 1994. Some people think it won the Republicans the House that year. Why? Chiefly because it demonstrated an awareness of fiscal reality […]
