Articles Tagged

Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Sparks Campaign for UNRWA Reform

20090407_ros-lehtinen_roundtable.jpg

Below is a letter issued this week by Florida Congresswoman ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, who is taking on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA, a U.N. agency with a mandate to care for Palestinians, has received $3.6 billion in U.S. tax dollars since its inception. This agency, which has been …

CSP Features My Interview of Filmmaker Brooke Goldstein About Her film, “The Making of a Martyr”

Today the Center for Security Policy’s web site features my discussion with attorney, human rights activist, and filmmaker Brooke Goldstein about her film, “The Making of a Martyr.”

Hamas Leader Admits Using Women and Children as Human Shields

Check out this video of a Hamas leader last month openly admitting they use women and children as human shields.

It illustrates what Israel has been dealing with for decades. If only the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, had been this honest and transparent.

Yesterday, writing about Hamas TV’s latest …

Angelina Gets It

On Thursday, actress Angelina Jolie published an opinion piece in The Washington Post arguing that U.S. troops should be allowed to stay in Iraq and provide the security necessary for the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) to address the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.

While I’m a bit skeptical of any United Nations undertaking …

If They Strapped Bombs on Dogs or Horses…

Last month’s Annapolis conference, like Oslo, was pure kabuki theater, in which leaders gathered to pretend that the central issue of the Arab/Israeli conflict is land, not irrational hatred, corruption, and brainwashing of the next generation of “martyrs.” Meanwhile, as leaders nitpick over borders and definitions, the education of an entire generation of Muslim children …

An Issue for Obama?

Here’s an issue for Barack Obama, or any presidential candidate who is sincere about both fighting terrorism and championing human rights: condemning the recruitment of children to become suicide bombers. Today in her talk to U.S. service members at National Defense University in Washington D.C., Brooke Goldstein, director of the legal project at Daniel Pipes’ …

I Want to Change the Power Dynamics in Relationships

ny-daily-news.png

Even after Dr. Mehret Mandefro had repeatedly warned them to always use a condom, girls and women would return to her office with …

Recruited To Die

new-york-sun.png

From The New York Sun

By HEATHER ROBINSON
June 1, 2007

In 2004, 24-year-old Brooke Goldstein spent her summer in the West Bank filming more than five hours of in-person interviews with terrorists — all of which she conducted without a bodyguard and without a weapon. A Cardozo Law student with a …

All in the Game: Steve Huston is Serious About Bronx Kids’ Fun

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News
by HEATHER ROBINSON

game_2.jpg

“Basketball, softball, football tournaments—no matter how tired I was, I enjoyed playing ball with the kids.”

Steve Huston smiles and leans forward, gently bearlike, as he remembers the days before recreation was his full-time job. On evenings and weekends …

Jewish Community Helps Victim of Russian Hostage Crisis Recover

picture-3.png

From The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

November 14, 2005

heather.JPG

Shifting from foot to foot in Kennedy Airport here, Anya Kadalaeva waited for the plane that would bring her father and sister.

In her jeans and lavender winter coat, her light brown hair pulled back in a …