Richard Falk

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Starving Gaza is not cricket

by Stuart Littlewood July 7, 2011

Starving Gaza is not cricket. Neither is stopping the aid flotilla sailing. Setting sail with the Gaza Flotilla is no Sunday afternoon game of cricket.

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Why Was This Man Standing At A Podium Before the US Congress?

by James M. Wall June 11, 2011

While many Americans were watching Oprah, Israel assumed control of our government. The picture of Netanyahu lecturing Congress, was orchestrated by John Boehner with the help of all those other Zionist politicians we elected to office in campaigns financed by the Israel Lobby.

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Who is Embarrassing the United Nations?

by Lawrence Davidson March 26, 2011

Israeli officials found Falk’s statement highly insulting. Soon after the Rapporteur made his presentation to the Human Rights Council, Israel’s envoy to the UN mission in Geneva, Aharon LeshnoYaar, labeled Falk an “embarrassment to the United Nations.”

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How (Dis)honest is the Honest Broker?

by Richard Falk February 20, 2011

Of course this American veto is not some idiosyncratic whim, but is an expression of the sorry pro-Israeli realities of domestic politics, suggesting that it is Israel that is the real holder of the veto in this situation, and the U.S. Congress and the Israeli Lobby are merely designated as the enforcers.

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US Ambassador’s bid to get Falk sacked from UN opens a can of worms

by Stuart Littlewood January 30, 2011

Falk’s crime was saying that the US administration’s reluctance to address the awkward gaps and contradictions identified by several scholars in the official explanations of 9/11, only fuels suspicions of a conspiracy. And he suggested that “what may be more distressing than the apparent cover up is the eerie silence of the mainstream media, unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced doubts about the official version of the events: an al Qaeda operation with no foreknowledge by government officials”.

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A disgrace: British ministers who legislate for war criminals to walk free in London

by Stuart Littlewood December 8, 2010

A capricious, corrupt and biased administration that wants to let ‘friendly’ war criminals off and protect them from arrest while they visit Britain. The government argues that foreign politicians, no matter how blood-soaked, should never be made to feel unwelcome and that the current law impedes Britain’s ability to use its diplomatic powers. In future the Director of Public Prosecutions will consider each application at the arrest warrant stage.

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Will the Palestinian Authority declare an independent state… or collapse?

by Stuart Littlewood December 3, 2010

Heaven knows how the average Palestinian must feel as a result of the incompetent leadership they have had to endure these last 63 years, a leadership which failed to coherently argue and convey the justice of the Palestinian cause and never bothered, even to this day, to formulate and put into action an effective communications plan to win freedom.

We are watching the sort of self-indulgent and ultimately self-destructive lunacy no-one in this day and age can afford, least of all the Palestinians. Who can blame sympathizers for throwing up their hands in exasperation, crying “Enough! A pox on you all,” and reaching for the “off” switch?

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Palestine and the Fate of the UN

by Lawrence Davidson November 12, 2010

We cannot look to any of the great powers for justice, fairness, equity or the like. Born of mass communications and the ethical potential of individual consciences, knows no national boundaries and thus has enormous potential. It is presently focused on the condemnable behavior of Israel toward the Palestinians. If, in the next quarter century, the power of mobilized civil society can bring justice to the Palestinians it will create the possibility for a more humane world in practice and not just in theory. It is an intoxicating prospect. And it is one that has a chance of realization.

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Richard Falk, Huwaida Arraf & Norman Finkelstein on the Freedom Flotilla

by Haitham Sabbah June 2, 2010

In the middle of the night Monday, Israeli commandos boarded ships in the “Freedom Flotilla” attempting to bring humanitarian aid to residents of still-blockaded Gaza. The aggressive response by Israel turned deadly, after with at least nine activists killed. The international community has reacted with shock and outrage; protests have erupted around the world outside [...]

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Rebalancing The World

by Richard Falk May 29, 2010

By Richard Falk* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It may turn out that May 17, 2010 will be remembered as an important milestone on the road to a real new world order. Remember that the phrase ‘new world order’ came to prominence in 1990 after Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait. It was used by [...]

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Richard Falk Salute UC Berkeley Divestment

by Richard Falk April 14, 2010

April 13, 2010 To the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC): I am writing to encourage renewed support for Senate Bill 118A (“A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes”), including the override of ASUC President Will Smelko’s veto on March 24, 2010. The earlier passage of [...]

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INTERVIEW – With Prof. Richard Falk

by Richard Falk April 13, 2010

By Dr. Hanan Chehata EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – With Prof. Richard Falk the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied (OPT), since 1967. In 2001 Falk served on a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Inquiry Commission for the Palestinian territories with John Duggard. He is also [...]

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Reversing faux legitimacy

by Paul J. Balles April 5, 2010

By Paul J. Balles* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz We all know what Illegitimate children have been called, Illegitimate countries have not; especially if the foetus grew out of a media that ignores the illegitimate conception. There are illegitimate governments. A few years ago, a blogger who didn’t use his own name asked the question: [...]

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The Palestinians are Winning the Legitimacy War: Will it Matter?

by Richard Falk April 4, 2010

By Richard Falk* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Ever since the Balfour Declaration in 1917 gave the formal approval of the British government to the establishment of ‘a Jewish homeland’ profound issues of legitimacy were present in the conflict recently known as the Israel/Palestine Conflict. This original colonialist endorsement of the Zionist project has produced [...]

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A Tale of Two Richards

by SR Editor March 6, 2010

By Nadia Hijab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz They hail from opposite parts of the globe, but they have much in common: Jewish; experts on and passionate defenders of international law; and pummeling bags for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. And the future of the law of war lies at the heart of the campaigns [...]

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