Alan Dershowitz

The Rehabilitation of Eliot Spitzer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Prostitution, Sunny Hostin, Michael Garcia, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Katie Zezima, Wall Street, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, Dylan Ratigan, Eliot Spitzer, Chris Matthews, Human Trafficking, New York News
Marcia G. Yerman

As Chris Matthews repeatedly called him "governor," I wondered what the exact protocol was for retaining your title even after you have resigned in disgrace.

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The British Dare to Determine Who Is a Jew

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Jewish Culture, Jews, Britain, Alan Dershowitz, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The chutzpa of British judges. They are trying to alter the identity requirements of a three-and-half thousand year old faith that is the precursor of Christianity.

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The Slandering of a Renown Jewish Jurist and War Crimes Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Palestine, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, War, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Israeli Missiles, War Crimes, Hamas Rockets, President Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gaza Strip, Israeli Government, Crimes Against Humanity, World News
Ray Hanania

Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Raymond Clark III Arrested, But Many Questions Remain

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Person of Interest, Raymond Clark III, Yale Student Death, Alan Dershowitz, Annie Le Person of Interest, Yale University, Annie Le, Yale Murder, Yale, Raymond Clark, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

It would be a sad day in America if anyone deemed by the police to be a "person of interest" -- which could almost include anyone -- could be handcuffed, and hauled down to the police station.

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Obama Settlement Stance Draws Fire From All Directions

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs, Alan Dershowitz, Iran, Settlements, Settlers, Barack Obama, Israel Settlements, Binyamin Netanyahu, Settlements in Palestine, Obama Settlements, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Israel Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

Though President Obama is reported to be taking an unprecedentedly harder line on Israel's settlement activities, expressed through statements by rank...

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Why Blaming The Media Is So Played Out

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Israel-Palestine, Alan Dershowitz, Joe the Plumber, Israel-Gaza Conflict, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Media Bias, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Hamas, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Media News
Stuart Whatley

The battle over blaming the media seems to have heated up to levels commensurate with the actual battle over the Holy Land. Can the media really be fueling both sides in the Gaza conflict simultaneously?

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Alan Dershowitz is An Apologist for Israeli War Crimes

Ben Cohen | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Ben Cohen, International Law, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Alan Dershowitz, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, World News
Ben Cohen

Dershowitz of course fails to mention that Israel has never ended it's occupation of Gaza, and itself broke international law when it broke the cease fire.

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Another Good Reason for Not Prosecuting the "Bushies"

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Crimes, Bush Administration, Bush Prosecutions, Prosecution of George W Bush, Alan Dershowitz, George W. Bush, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

There is almost no possibility that prosecutions against members of the Bush administration for violating civil liberties and human rights could succeed. A fairly selected jury would almost certainly acquit.

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Even in Sderot, Israelis Say No to Endless War

Adam Horowitz | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Gaza, Sderot, Alan Dershowitz, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Adam Horowitz

The people I met in Sderot were not calling for war, they were calling for negotiation. They knew that they would be the ones to catch the brunt of an attack on Gaza, not Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem.

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Making Money at Any Cost

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Jewish Community, Jews, Dalai Lama, Poverty, Judaism, Money, Israeli Soldiers, Alan Dershowitz, Religious Life, Public Service, Religion, Chabad, Wealth, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Celebrity, Israel, Jewish Intellectuals, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Once we produce billionaires without values, there is no telling where their voraciousness will stop.

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Israel Bans A UN Rapporteur Who Compares the Jewish State to Nazi Germany

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Richard Falk, Israel, Alan Dershowitz, United Nations, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

Let Richard Falk spew his hate-speech on the Internet or other private soapboxes, but do not let his bigotry receive the imprimatur and funding of the United Nations.

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Let Truth Trump Fear in the Jewish Community

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Republican Jewish Coalition, Abner Mikva, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Tony McPeak, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Ehud Olmert, Jerimiah Wright, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Malley, J Street, Robert Wexler, Gallup, RJC Obama, Barack Obama, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Israel Iran, Politics News
Jeremy Ben-Ami

Let's hope the real victor in 2008 is the Jewish community -- as it finally excises the politics of fears and smears and forces candidates to debate the issues on the merits.

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Supreme Court ruling on child rape strikes a blow to human rights.

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Justice Kennedy, Supreme Court, Capital Punishment, Child Rape, Harvard University, Rape of a Child, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, Dershowitz, Crc, Sexual Abuse, Spitzer, Perpetrator, Child Sexual Abuse, Living News
Michealene Cristini Risley

Last Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy s...

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A Call to Heroes: My "Sit-Down" With Vince Bugliosi

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, DemocracyNow!, Vincent Bugliosi, Alan Dershowitz, Attorney General, George W. Bush, Amy Goodman, Elizabeth De La Vega, Juan Gonzalez, Cindy Sheehan, Prosecution, Iraq War, Stephen Rohde, District Attorney, Vanguard Press, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Charles Manson, Vince Bugliosi, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Coming from Vincent Bugliosi, a man who has proven time and again that he has no fear, his threat it one that George Bush should take seriously. Vince will not back down.

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Aloha, Anderson! Jeff Toobin Calls In From Hawaii Via Web-Cam

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Cnn, Video, Lisa Bloom, Spiro Agnew, Alan Dershowitz, Anderson Cooper, Jeff Toobin, Toobin Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer, Media News

The 24-hour news cycle doesn't take a vaction — and neither do the hardest-working correspondents in the biz. CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey T...

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