Anne Herzberg

Anne Herzberg is the legal adviser of NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute. She is also the organization's liaison to the UN.

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Dutch court's anti-Israel ruling is meaningless, but part of a dangerous trend - opinion

Palestinians sit in a makeshift tent amid the rubble of their houses which were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Moving the legal goalposts on Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S.

There’s always money for Israel-bashing and antisemitism at the UN


Guterres’ Israel visit – an opportunity to reset relationship with the UN

UNRWA – the UN agency dedicated solely to the Palestinian refugees – prolongs the conflict by fetishizing the “return” of Palestinians.

UN SECRETARY General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem in August.

Britain’s self-inflicted wound

It is beyond hypocrisy for the UK to complain about the abuse of its legal system at home, while funding the very same campaign against Israel.

UK PRIME MINISTER Theresa May holds a news conference after the EU summit in Brussels on October 21.

UN appointments process violates professional and ethical standards

At some point, one hopes that the UNHRC and the countries and officials that enable its abuse of ethics and rules will decide that universal principles are more important than politicization.

A Palestinian refugee knocks on the closed gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters with his walking stick

NGO silence on PLO terror verdict

The international and Israeli human rights network has been virtually absent, since the verdict was announced on Monday afternoon.

Courtroom sketch of US terror trial

Findings, but few facts

It is clear that Amnesty has failed to live up to professional fact-finding standards and ethical norms.

A child walks around a fake tank parked outside the US embassy during a protest held by Amnesty International in Mexico City.

Schabas is the perfect choice for Goldstone 2

He has expressed no hesitation in exploiting international mechanisms to achieve political goals.

William Schabas

The Gaza numbers game

UN officials’ emotive statements are entirely disconnected from the legal and moral implications of Israel’s actions.

A Palestinian man looks through a broken window in the Gaza Strip, which police said was destroyed in an IAF strike.

The European war on Israel’s courts

It has become necessary to rethink the role of foreign-funded NGOs in the Israeli legal system.

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Europe’s strange bedfellows

The EU and European governments must openly and honestly explain to the Israeli public and their own taxpayers what motivates this funding in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton 390 (R)

The Corrie case: Reckless choices

The District Court in Haifa handed down its long-awaited verdict in the Rachel Corrie trial. The court found that Corrie’s own negligence led to her death.

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