Lawfare involves the targeting of defendants based primarily on who they are rather than what they have done. It is a violation of the oldest prohibition that dates back to the book of Deuteronomy, in which God directs law enforcement officials not to “recognise faces”…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: In Pardoning Hunter, President Biden Acknowledges The Evils Of ‘Lawfare’
On university campuses throughout the world, there have been chants demanding that the violent intifada – which killed thousands of Israeli children, women and other civilians – be “globalized.” Last week, we witnessed the first significant manifestation of that demand in Amsterdam, where large groups…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: The Intifada Was Globalized In Amsterdam
Her first major error was not selecting Josh Shapiro as her running mate, in an effort to appease hard-Left anti-Zionists. President Trump declared that his overwhelming victory gives him a mandate to pursue the policies on which he campaigned. That is true but only to…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: The Big Reason Why Kamala Harris’ Election Bid Went Up In Smoke
Following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, documentary evidence has emerged confirming what many observers already knew: namely, that Sinwar weaponized the death of Gazan civilians, especially women and children. He understood that the media would emphasize these civilian deaths, attribute them all to…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: The Media Is Implementing Sinwar’s Genocidal Strategy
Wars are no longer merely battles of physical strength. They are conflicts in which intelligence, technology, and science prevail. In Ancient Greece, Athens was known for its philosophers, scientists, and theorists of democracy. Sparta was known for its military prowess, its bravery and its ability…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: Is Israel Both The Athens And The Sparta Of The Modern World?
The legacy of the last two Democratic presidencies – President Barack Obama’s and President Joe Biden’s – will be the appeasement of Iran in its efforts to dominate the Middle East and eventually expand its influence through the acquisition of a nuclear arsenal. Obama has…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: President Biden Can Still Save The World In His Remaining Time In Office
The international “community” and its academic justifiers have claimed that Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah communications devices are unlawful. They are dead wrong. The law of war is based on two fundamental principles: first, the distinction between the targeting of combatants and civilians; second, the requirement…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: Israel’s Pager Attack Was Legal Under The Laws Of War
Had Hezbollah succeeded in attacking the suburbs of Tel Aviv and other areas in central Israel, Israel might have had to launch a major retaliatory attack on Lebanon. After all, Hezbollah is Lebanon. It is in complete control of the country, and Israel would have been…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: Israel’s Preemptive Attack On Hezbollah Might Have Prevented A Wider War
Progressives certainly lobbied hard against Josh Shapiro and are now celebrating a victory of bigotry over principle. What role did Governor Shapiro’s Jewishness have in his not being selected as Vice President Harris’s running mate? We will never know the answer with certainty, because we…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: Did Harris Reject Shapiro Because Progressives Resist A Jewish Zionist?
Now that Hunter Biden and President Trump have both been convicted of crimes with which they never should have been charged, maybe it’s time for a truce. The weaponization of the criminal justice system has now targeted the son of a prominent Democrat and a…
Read More Alan Dershowitz: Convictions Of Biden And Trump Underscore Need For Ceasefire In The Weaponization Of Criminal Justice