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April 6, 2013
9:00 pm

Seven universal lessons from the depths of evil

What the world must learn from the Holocaust, including the duty to remember, the power of words and the crime of indifference

By Irwin Cotler

September 7, 2012
1:38 pm

With Iranian incitement, the time for action is now

Silence is not an option when states threaten genocide — especially when they are on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons

By Irwin Cotler

August 12, 2012
5:29 pm

Syria: The struggle for survival

Everything that was predicted would happen as a result from international action has in fact resulted from international inaction

By Irwin Cotler

July 29, 2012
11:46 am

An Israeli ZAKA emergency rescue team at the site of the terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 19, 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)

Ending Iranian terrorism — what the world can do

From Argentina in 1994 to Bulgaria in 2012, Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have repeatedly flouted international law in their attempts to target Israelis and Jews. There’s a lot more the international community could be doing to impede them

By Irwin Cotler

June 19, 2012
12:33 pm

Dead bodies following the assault on Houla, Syria, in May (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network. AP cannot independently verify this photo)

Ending the ‘unacceptable’ and ‘unspeakable’ in Syria

If, as Obama put it, ‘awareness without action changes nothing,’ what is to be done? And will Obama and the US take the lead in acting upon our responsibility to save the innocent?

By Irwin Cotler

June 1, 2012
2:59 pm

Syrian mass atrocities and the international responsibility to protect

After all this time — after all this killing — we still do not have a UN Security Council resolution to stop the massacre

By Irwin Cotler

March 22, 2012
10:40 am

Saving Syria

If Russia and China remain steadfast and opposed, the 13 remaining members of the UN Security Council, the Arab League and the European Union should use their preponderant majority to end the Syrian regime’s killing fields

By Irwin Cotler

March 16, 2012
11:24 am

Iran’s pervasive and persistent assaults on human rights

While the world is understandably focused on the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear weaponization program, we cannot abandon the Iranian people

By Irwin Cotler

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Irwin Cotler

Seven universal lessons from the depths of evil

What the world must learn from the Holocaust, including the duty to remember, the power of words and the crime of indifference

With Iranian incitement, the time for action is now

Silence is not an option when states threaten genocide — especially when they are on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons

Syria: The struggle for survival

Everything that was predicted would happen as a result from international action has in fact resulted from international inaction

Ending Iranian terrorism — what the world can do

From Argentina in 1994 to Bulgaria in 2012, Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have repeatedly flouted international law in their attempts to target Israelis and Jews. There’s a lot more the international community could be doing to impede them

Ending the ‘unacceptable’ and ‘unspeakable’ in Syria

If, as Obama put it, ‘awareness without action changes nothing,’ what is to be done? And will Obama and the US take the lead in acting upon our responsibility to save the innocent?

Syrian mass atrocities and the international responsibility to protect

After all this time — after all this killing — we still do not have a UN Security Council resolution to stop the massacre

Saving Syria

If Russia and China remain steadfast and opposed, the 13 remaining members of the UN Security Council, the Arab League and the European Union should use their preponderant majority to end the Syrian regime’s killing fields

Iran’s pervasive and persistent assaults on human rights

While the world is understandably focused on the threat posed by Tehran’s nuclear weaponization program, we cannot abandon the Iranian people

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