Alan M. Dershowitz
By Alan M. Dershowitz
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Opinion Goldstone Needs To Do Teshuvah
Judge Richard Goldstone’s recent acknowledgement that “civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy” by Israel during Operation Cast Lead could be a game changer — if Goldstone continues to do the right thing. Goldstone’s reassessment of the conclusions reached in the Goldstone Report pulls the rug out from under those who are…
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Opinion The Supreme Issue
No election in recent history has been more important to the future of our constitutional rights than the current presidential contest. Our next president will have enormous influence on the direction of the Supreme Court. The high court is currently divided into two wings: The right consists of John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and…
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Opinion Spitzer Has Sinned, But It’s Our Sex Obsession That’s Criminal
When Eliot Spitzer was my research assistant in the 1980s, he was a young man of great brilliance, high integrity, conservative demeanor and enormous promise. It pains me deeply to see him brought down so far, and so quickly, by private sexual misconduct. I think somewhat less of him now than I did before I…
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News Auerbach, Basketball Legend
When it came to basketball, Red Auerbach — architect of the Boston Celtics’ 16 championship teams — was a maven’s maven. He knew more about the game than anyone, and he used his knowledge more effectively than any basketball coach or general manager in history, and led the way in opening up the league to…
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Opinion Arafat Died an Uncontrite Terrorist
Terrorism certainly didn’t begin with Yasser Arafat. It has its roots deep in history, from the Jewish Zealots-Sicarii during the Roman occupation, to the Hindu Thugees who strangled their enemies over the centuries, to the medieval Islamic Hashishins who prepared for assassinating political opponents by smoking hashish. But Arafat changed the nature of terrorism forever,…
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Opinion Amend International Law To Allow Preemptive Strike on Iran
Intelligence reports about Iran’s capacity to produce nuclear weapons aimed at Israel are becoming ominous. Unless diplomatic pressure causes the Iranian mullahs to stop the project, Iran may be ready to deliver nuclear bombs against Israeli civilian targets within a few short years. Some Iranian leaders, such as former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, have made it…
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News Critics of Sheikh Yassin Killing Reveal Own Moral Blindness
Israel’s targeted killing of the wheelchair-bound head of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, predictably has drawn a hail of criticism from the international community. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw characterized the killing of Yassin as “unlawful”; the Vatican said it was “not justified in any state [run by] the rule of law” and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi…
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Opinion Sticking With the Dems
Jews have historically voted their memories rather than their pocketbooks. The memory of our immigrant status, of our poverty and of the opportunities afforded us by this great nation has always led us to favor candidates who are committed to repairing the world rather than increasing corporate profits, and to distributing justice rather than helping…
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