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Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch is the director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; a senior legal analyst for Human Rights Voices; and a member of the Israel Defense and Security Forum.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas attends the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session on Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: U.N. Photo.

Five requirements Abbas must meet to demonstrate his commitment to peace

While Mahmoud Abbas is once again professing his commitment to peace, his actions during both Donald Trump’s first term in office and throughout the Biden administration tell a very different story.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Nov. 25, 2024

Palestinians seen outside a health-care clinic of the UNRWA (U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

The UNRWA funding anomaly

Western countries must reconsider their approach to endlessly funding UNRWA and thereby fundamentally undermining any real potential of achieving their political goals.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Nov. 24, 2024

Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya on Nov. 23, 2021. Credit: Eskinder Debebe/U.N. Photo.

The self-induced downfall of the International Criminal Court

With people like prosecutor Karim Khan in central positions, the ICC is plunging into ever-deepening decay.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Sep. 30, 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S.State Department.

Abbas is trying to pull the wool over the world’s eyes

To truly “revitalize” the P.A., a two-pronged strategy must be adopted: One that would address its relations with Israel and another to manage its internal governance.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Mar. 4, 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

What is the US government doing to enforce the Taylor Force Act?

Moral clarity requires that Secretary Blinken unequivocally demand an immediate end to the P.A.’s “pay-for-slay” policy as a non-negotiable precondition to establishing any form of revitalized Palestinian entity.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Feb. 12, 2024

The International Court of Justice courtroom at The Hague. Photo by Ankor Light/Shutterstock.

Preparing for the next ICJ debacle

Sadly, as the judges demonstrated with their shameful decision on South Africa's claim against Israel, when it comes to the Jewish state, history, facts and the truth are just not relevant.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Feb. 8, 2024

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), during a visit at al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Did UNRWA deceive the Secretary of State to receive US funding?

Since UNRWA has proven it cannot meet the requirements of the Appropriations Act, it would seem the U.S. is positively prohibited from transferring any additional aid to it.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Feb. 4, 2024

Gaza was demolished in World War I. Source: U.S. Library of Congress.

Does the world hate the Gazans?

Or does it simply hate Israel so much it is willing to use them as pawns and cannon fodder.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Jan. 4, 2024

Israeli forces during a counterterror operation in Judea and Samaria. Credit: IDF.

To defeat terror, lenient sentences for terrorists must end

A deep and thorough change in the sentencing of terrorists is essential to make it clear, once and for all, that the leniency of Israel’s legal system toward terrorists has ended.

Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch

Dec. 25, 2023