Are Palestinian Offensives Inviting Israeli Reprisals?

by Steven J. Rosen • January 7, 2015 at 5:00 am

"Unilateral actions from the Palestinians will be answered with unilateral actions from our side." — Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, April 6, 2014.

Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas seems to believe that he can block the Israeli counterattack with the threat that he could dismantle the PA and leave Israel to pick up the pieces. Rash action by Abbas could open the door for his political rivals, who might be very happy to see the PA dismantled. Collapsing the PA would mean an end to security cooperation with Israel -- an act that would be suicide for Fatah.

Steven J. Rosen says the rational choice for Israel and the Palestinian leadership is to return to the pursuit of common interests through cooperation. Above, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, Israel, on September 15, 2010. (Image source: U.S. State Dept.)

In response to Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas's latest diplomatic offensive at the United Nations and the International Criminal Court [ICC], Israel's security cabinet is to meet this week to decide on possible measures to take.

Israel has floated a number of possible countermeasures. It seems to be considering, among other legal actions, lawsuits against Hamas and the PA for war crimes that they have committed.

The United States, for its part, has threatened to withhold funding from the PA; and Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) threatened to withhold US funding from the UN if it attempts to impose the terms of a Palestinian statehood.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent?

by Alan M. Dershowitz • January 7, 2015 at 1:30 am

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA

JANE DOE #1 and JANE DOE #2,
Petitioners,

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

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DECLARATION OF ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ

1. My name is Alan M. Dershowitz. I make this declaration on personal knowledge and pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and in response to a pleading in which the lawyers for Jane Doe #3, without benefit of an affidavit, leveled totally false and outrageous charges against me that have been reported around the world and threaten to damage my reputation irrevocably.

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