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A Human Rights Case That Surely Tested My Commitment To Universal Rights Involved An Arab Israeli Who Was Accused By Israel Of Assisting Terrorism. He Was Being Held In Administrative Detention
document A human rights case that surely tested my commitment to universal rights involved an Arab-Israeli who was accused by Israel of assisting terrorism. He was being held in administrative detention House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

instead of being formally charged with a crime. I was in Israel at the time writing a long article on the practice of administrative detention (or as Americans call it “preventive detention”). I was critical of the practice though I understood why some Israelis believed it was...

Israeli-Arab Crisis Approaching
document IMAGES-011-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031917.txt Aug 22, 2011 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

Article 2. Stratfor Israeli-Arab Crisis Approaching George Friedman August 22, 2011 -- In September, the U.N. General Assembly will vote on whether to recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state with full rights in the United Nations. In many ways, this would ap...

have an unrepresentative Parliament writing an unrepresentative
document IMAGES-010-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030271.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

have an unrepresentative Parliament writing an unrepresentative Constitution,” argued Mohamed ElBaradei, the former international atomic energy czar who is running for president on a reform platform. “Because the Muslim Brotherhood is ready, they want elections first,” adds Osama...

based societies see not oppression in reasonably exercised authority
document IMAGES-011-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032201.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

si based societies see not oppression in reasonably exercised authority but respect; they see lack of political power not as subjugation but as order. Of course, this is provided we are talking about a Deng or a Lee and not a Pol Pot. To be sure, Asian autocracies are not summa...

charges and he sought my help, which I was pleased to give. Eventually, he was cleared of all
document IMAGES-004-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017416.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

4.2.12 WC: 191694 charges and he sought my help, which I was pleased to give. Eventually, he was cleared of all charges and continued to practice law in the newly united Germany. Human rights in Israel A human rights case that surely tested my commitment to universal rights in...

because we were people with whom Rabin felt comfortable — a counterpoint, I
document IMAGES-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011725.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

because we were people with whom Rabin felt comfortable — a counterpoint, I suspect, to the old Labor Party rival whom he had made Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres. Though the two men had grown to respect each another over the years, Rabin neither trusted, nor much liked, Shimon. I...

and seize an opportunity. Statesmanship and
document IMAGES-011-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032163.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

and seize an opportunity. Statesmanship and leadership.. During the last three years we have been living through a geo political earthquake. The world order, which existed since the demise of the Ottoman Empire , is collapsing. The Arab Spring appears to have turned into an Isla...

afterthought, and that’s what stuck in people’s minds. That was a
document IMAGES-011-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031906.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

si afterthought, and that’s what stuck in people’s minds. That was a mistake, because it kind of undermined the notion of democracy promotion, simply because it was connected to a very unpopular intervention. SHAFFER: Taking lessons from that, what can we do to promote democr...