Israel and International Law

Israel and International Law: From the Security Fence to the Blockade Malvina Halberstam and Warren Kozak News reports frequently state that Jewish building expansion, Israel's security barrier and self-defense measures violate international law. Many in positions of influence and power have accepted this narrative without critical examination of the evidence. Do such claims reflect an accurate, balanced rendering of international law? Date & Time: Tue, Feb 8, 2011, 8:15pm Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions Venue: Buttenwieser Hall Code: T-BL5ME06-01 Price: $29.00

Malvina Halberstam is a professor of international law and one of the founding faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. She has lectured and published articles on International Law, the Constitution and U.S. Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Women's rights, Terrorism, Criminal Justice and the Arab-Israeli Conflict and co-authored a book on international agreements on women's rights. She was born in Kempno, Poland, shortly before W.W.II and survived the war, together with her immediate family, in Siberia and Kirgistan. Most of her extended family, including her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, perished in the holocaust.

Over the past quarter-of-a-century, Warren Kozak has worked as a writer for some of television's most prestigious network anchors and was an on-air reporter for National Public Radio. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Sun as well as other newspapers and magazines. His most recent book is LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay.

This event is co-presented with CAMERA: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

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