OPINION ARTICLES
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Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza Conflict 2014
Speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva
IDF made efforts, unprecedented in any other army, and exceeding the requirements of the laws of war, to save Palestinian civilian lives, including warning them to leave target zones, Hamas forced them to remain in those areas.
2015-06-30 by Richard Kemp
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The New York Times, June 25 2015
The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous
As a British officer who had more than his share of fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, it pains me greatly to see words and actions from the United Nations that can only provoke further violence and loss of life.
2015-06-26 by Richard Kemp
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Il Giornale, June 23, 2015
Israel equalized to Hamas: the Usual Squint of the UN
The Human Rights Council was interested in placing Israel side by side with Hamas in order to please with its assessment those who do not distinguish between democracy and dictatorship, defense and attack, and confuse terrorists with freedom fighters.
2015-06-25 by Fiamma Nirestein
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Recognising a Palestinian State
Margallo and Palestine: An indecent proposition
If talks are currently at a standstill, it is due largely to the fact that Palestine’s leaders have chosen the unilateral path instead of negotiating. They want to impose from outside the negotiating table what they refuse to discuss at the table.
2014-11-18 by Rafael Bardaji
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Published October 27, 2014·Fox News
The Latest Palestinian statehood gambit
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/10/27/latest-palestinian-statehood-gambit/There is no Palestinian “state” and no prospect for one without dramatic real-world changes that are unlikely in the foreseeable future.
2014-10-28 by John Bolton
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Published in The Times
Recognising a Palestinian state now will thwart hopes for peace
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/thunderer/article4247401.ece?shareToken=3dd631ffa603dccdc0e7c2915025f671Hamas and Islamic State are part of the same Islamist front.
2014-10-25 by José María Aznar and Members of the Board
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Letter to the EU Foreign Ministers
A call to responsibility
Recognizing Palestinian statehood now will not promote peace, will not boost negotiations and will not change the reality on the ground.
2014-10-24 by Friends of Israel Initiative Members
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Statement by Hon Fiamma Nirenstein, Vice-President of the Foreign Affairs Committee
100 MPs against the Government over the pro-Palestine vote
This open letter, whose first subscriber is Fabrizio Cicchitto, Chamber PDL group leader, harshly criticizes both methods and contents of the government’s choice.
2012-12-11 by Fiamma Nirenstein