Yifa Segal

Yifa Segal, Esq. is an expert in international law, former Chair & CEO of the International Legal Forum, and former Chief of Staff to Israel’s Ambassador to the United States.

 Burnt cars are abandoned in a carpark near where a festival was held before an attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza that left at least 260 people dead, by Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Hamas massacre denial is here and we must fight it - opinion

 You have the right to resist,” UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese speaking at a Hamas-affiliated conference in Gaza on November 30th

The UN envoy to Hamas - Opinion

 PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab League summit in Algeria, earlier this month. This conflict will end only when the Palestinians are forced to accept that the battle to destroy Israel is over, says the writer

Time for an Israeli victory, end 100 year rejections against Israel - opinion


The 'Jews are defiling Al Aqsa' narrative is inciting antisemitism - opinion

While I visited the Temple Mount this week, I had one persistent thought: how can the mere presence of a Jew cause defilement?

  Palestinians pray on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy month of Ramadan, at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City April 27, 2022

UN’s fixed inquiry is exposed - opinion

One doesn't have to be a prophet to foresee the content of the first report of the special Human Rights Council's Committee of Inquiry (COI) that was established after Guardian of the Walls operation

 Fixed Inquiry - The Biased UN Commission Against Israel

Amnesty’s report might be a prequel of a greater assault on Israel’s legitimacy

The report was overwhelmingly rejected by Western countries like the US, Canada and Germany but was embraced by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the BDS Movement. 

 Amnesty International holds a press conference to announce its 211-page report named "Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity" in East Jerusalem

Is the Jimmy Carter Center providing material support for terrorism?

The Carter Center, as well as Jimmy Carter himself, have been investing time and resources with designated terrorist organization aimed, allegedly, at promoting peaceful goals.

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International law: Valid justification or threat mechanism?

In this context, the petitioners argue that international law prohibits the use of live ammunition against civilians.

Palestinians prepare an incendiary device attached to a kite before trying to fly it over the border fence with Israel, on the eastern outskirts of Jabalia, on May 4, 2018.

Blunt antisemitism in official Belgium textbooks

Antisemitism in official Belgium textbooks masquerades as political critique.

A combination photo shows anti-Israel posters at an exhibition during the 7th International Conference of Mahdism Doctrine in Tehran July 14, 2011. Scholars from Iran and around the world will present papers on the Mahdism Doctrine in the two-day conference which will end on Friday. The Persian word