The President has a special obligation to condemn the racist Right

All decent Americans have an obligation to condemn the violent bigotry of the Nazi and KKK demonstrators in Charlottesville or wherever else they spew their poisonous and threatening rhetoric…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

Can the President pardon himself?

President Trump’s tweets about his broad power to pardon have raised the ultimate question: Can the president pardon himself? The answer is crystal clear! And anyone who gives you a different answer is misleading you, because there is only one correct answer…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

So now American Zionists want to boycott Israel

Several prominent American Zionists – including long-time supporters of Israel – are so outraged at the Israeli government’s recent decision regarding the Western Wall and non-orthodox conversion, that they are urging American Jews to reduce or even eliminate their support for Israel…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more

Supreme Court will likely uphold most of travel ban

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in October regarding President Trump’s second travel ban, may not itself tell us much about the likely outcome of the case.  But the High Court’s decision to allow parts of the ban to go forward now – even before hearing the arguments—strongly suggests that there are a majority of Justices who will uphold the most important parts of the ban. Read more

“Corrupt Motive” as the criterion for prosecuting a president

Alan Dershowitz writes on the term “corrupt motive”… Read more

Why won’t Abbas accept “Two-states for Two Peoples”?

There is a widespread but false belief that Mahmoud Abbas is finally prepared to accept the two-state solution proposed by the U.N. in November 1947 when it divided mandatory Palestine into two areas: one for the Jewish People; the other for the Arab People…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more

History, Precedent and Comey Statement show that Trump did not obstruct justice

In 1992, then President George Walker Bush pardoned Caspar Weinberger and five other individuals who had been indicted or convicted in connection with the Iran-Contra arms deal…writes Alan M. Dershowitz. Read more

A new tolerance for antisemitism…writes Alan Dershowitz

All over the world anti-Semites are becoming mainstreamed. It is no longer disqualifying to be outed as a Jew hater. Read more

Will 1/3 of Brits vote for a hard left anti-Semite?…asks Alan M. Dershowitz

On June 8, British voters will head to the polls. Recent numbers show the gap closing between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Read more

Terrorism persists because it works…writes Alan M. Dershowitz

Every time a horrendous terrorist attack victimises innocent victims we wring our hands and promise to increase security and take other necessary preventive measures.  But we fail to recognise how a friends and allies play such an important role in encouraging, incentivising, and inciting terrorism. Read more

Britain and Australia more supportive of Israel than Obama and Kerry

When the British Prime Minister and the Australians foreign minister both criticise the Obama administration for being unfair to Israel, you can be sure that something is very wrong with what President Obama and Secretary Kerry have been doing…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more

A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance…writes Alan Dershowitz

I just returned from a week-long journey through Hell! It began with a visit to the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps in Poland, as a participant of the March of the Living, following a Conference commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg laws and the 70th Anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Read more

Confronting European Antisemitism

I just completed a three-day visit to Prague and the former Terezin concentration camp…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more

Metropolitan Opera Stifles Free Exchange of Ideas About a Propaganda Opera…writes Alan Dershowitz

On Monday night I went to the Metropolitan Opera. I went for two reasons: to see and hear John Adams’ controversial opera, The Death of Klinghoffer; and to see and hear what those protesting the Met’s judgment in presenting the opera had to say. Read more

Has Hamas ended the prospects for a two state solution?…asks Alan Dershowitz

Hamas’s decision to fire rockets in the direction of Ben Gurion Airport may well have ended any real prospect of a two-state solution. Read more

Israel Defends Entire Civilized World…writes Alan Dershowitz

Israel’s military action against Hamas terrorist rockets is a preview of what the entire civilized world is likely to face in the near future. Read more

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