Great lecture at Columbia University

DATE: May 3, 2010 TIME 6:30-9pm PLACE: Earl Hall Auditorium, Columbia University FREE Dinner SPONSOR: Campus Media Watch TOPIC Relativism and Reporting On The Arab-Israeli Conflict RSVP contact@campusmediawatch.org CO-SPONSORS: SPME, Lionpac, Koleinu, Campus Watch, CPU

DATE: April 27, 2010 TIME 9am-5pm PLACE: Fordham University School of Law, 140 W 62d St, NYC LAWFARE : THE UN'S GOLDSTONE REPORT: THE DEFAMATION OF ISRAEL AND THE THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM; THE DEMONIZATION OF ISRAEL AND HUMAN RIGHTS DISTORTIONS; THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: UNDERMINING SELF-DEFENSE IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM; LEGAL WEAPONRY: THE PERVERSION OF INTERNATIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND INSTITUTIONS; INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LEGAL RECOURSES: RESPONDING TO 'LAWFARE.'
SPONSORS: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, along with The New York Legal Assistance Group, B'nai Brith, The Lawfare Project, The American Jewish International Relations Institute, The International Council of Jewish Women, World Council of Conservative/Masorti Synagogues, Women's League for Conservative Judaism, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, The Endowment for Middle East Truth, Jewish Law Students Association of Fordham Law School
LUNCH PROVIDED : SEATING IS LIMITED AND PARTICIPANTS MUST PRE-REGISTER PLEASE RSVP TO kvboyko@gmail.com

CLE Credit: 1.5 credits for each of the 4 panel sessions or a total of 6 credits for the full program.

PREMISE: International law and legal institutions are being used to pursue strategic and political goals as a corollary to modern warfare. In the case of Israel and the threat posed by terrorism in the 21st century, "lawfare" can be as biased and lethal as any other form of weaponry. Attacks on the legitimacy of actions taken in self-defense by democratic states, in the halls of the UN and international and domestic courts, radically undermine the ability to protect the welfare of Israel, the United States and all democracies from the scourge of terrorism. This assault empowers and emboldens the enemies of democracy and encourages the intolerance and antisemitism at the root of the terrorist agenda. The Goldstone Report and the lawfare strategy it embodies, erode the legitimacy of international law and pose a clear and present danger to the right of all democratic states, including the United States, to defend themselves. This program will explore, examine and expose the fallacies of the Goldstone Report, and other manifestations of lawfare, as well as suggest strategies for fighting back.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE: William C. Banks, Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, Syracuse University, College of Law; Anne Bayefsky, Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Abraham Bell, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law; Lt. Col David Benjamin, former Director of the Strategic and International Branch, International Law Department, Israel Defense Forces; Laurie Blank, Director, International Humanitarian Law Clinic, Emory Law School; Elizabeth Defeis, Professor of Law, Seton Hall; Samuel Edelman, Executive Director, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East; Allan Gerson, Chairman, AG International Law, PLLC; Brooke Goldstein, Director, The Lawfare Project; Stephen Greenwald, President, American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; Peter J. Haas, President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East; Malvina Halberstam, Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law; Martin Kramer, Senior Fellow, Shalem Center; Wexler-Fromer Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Richard Landes, Professor of History, Boston University; Nathan Lewin, Partner, Lewin and Lewin, Washington DC; Herb London, President, Hudson Institute; Kenneth Marcus, Ackerman Visiting Professor of Equality and Justice in America, Baruch College; David Matas, Senior Honorary Counsel, B?nai Brith, Canada; Ed Morgan, Professor of Law, University of Toronto; Trevor Norwitz, partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Adjunct professor, Columbia Law School; Nicholas Rostow, University Counsel and Vice Chancellor of the State University of New York; Gabriella Shalev, Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations; Shmuel Trigano, Professor, Paris X University Nanterre.

DATE: May 3 PLACE: Columbia University TIME: 6:30-9:00 pm TITLE: Relativism and Reporting on The Arab-Israeli Conflict