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Alan Baker

Amb. Alan Baker is director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

The accusers ignore the fact that the Israeli public suffer from ongoing and daily acts of terror committed by Palestinian and Islamist fanatics.
The effects of the 1975 Zionism-Racism resolution remain an indelible component of the realities in today’s Middle East.
The Swiss and ICRC’s failures in ensuring the provision of humanitarian succor to the Israeli hostages are unforgivable.
The Swiss and ICRC’s failures in ensuring the provision of humanitarian succor to the Israeli hostages are not just unforgettable. They are unforgivable.
There is a need to adapt the rules to the conflict scenarios of today’s world.
It is high time that responsible states come to terms with the fact that modern-day terror undermines and abuses accepted humanitarian norms and standards.
Only in such a world can the majority of the international community deliberately ignore the openly declared genocidal intentions of Iran, Hamas and the PLO in their efforts to eliminate the Jewish state and kill all Jews.
Hamas is considered by all accepted criteria to be fully accountable under international humanitarian law for its actions in terror attacks against Israeli civilians and using its own civilians as human shields.
The international community must demand Palestinian accountability and call on the Palestinian leadership to abide by its commitments.