While Israel is condemned for its use of administrative detention as a tool to thwart terrorism, the PA holds people without trial as a means to silence them and prevent them from voicing any form of criticism, yet the world says nothing.

The Palestinian leadership is responsible for a lack of effective leadership and culture of corruption resulting in an endless cycle of violence and suffering, a leading Palestinian human rights activist said.

An Israeli student required the intervention of B’nai Brith Canada, a human rights organization, in order to attend a Canadian trade school that discriminated against him based on his country of origin. A trade school on Gabriola Island, B.C. has rescinded a discriminatory policy rejecting Israeli applicants following an intervention by B’nai Brith Canada and members... Read more »

Israel can blaze a trail and show that there is a steep price to be paid for the UN' relentless undermining of a country's sovereign right to manage its own affairs.

Human Rights Watch accused both the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Mahmoud Abbas and its rival, the ruling Hamas Islamic terror in the Gaza Strip, of 'arresting, abusing, and criminally charging journalists and activists who express peaceful criticism of the authorities.'

The Iranian foreign ministry reacted angrily to criticism by the United Nations of the country's execution of 20 Kurdish militants earlier this month.

Iranians hoping that last year's nuclear deal would lead to a rapprochement with the West have been 'jolted with a series of increasingly rude awakenings,' including increased anti-American activity and a further erosion of rights.