ALAN DERSHOWITZ

ALAN DERSHOWITZ

New York, New York
Alan Dershowitz is a Contributor of The New York Sun.

Mr. Dershowitz is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. He has written 52…

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Opinion (Columnists)

Convictions of Hunter Biden and Trump Underscore Need for a Ceasefire in the Weaponization of Criminal Justice

The real law is found not in the compilation of published rules alone; it is largely a function of prosecutorial discretion, as demonstrated by the selective prosecutions of Trump and the president’s son.

AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Opinion (Columnists)

Why I Am Proud To Call Myself an American Zionist

It should not be a term of opprobrium to reasonable people who understand its true meaning.

AP/Lindsey Wasson, file
Opinion (Columnists)

By Rewarding Hamas for Its October 7 Atrocities, the World Is Incentivizing Their Repetition

What Elie Wiesel once said about the Holocaust has proved prescient: ‘Believe the threats of your enemies more than the promises of your friends.’

AP/Adel Hana
Opinion (Columnists)

Ignoring a World of Human Rights Abuses, Student Protesters Reserve Their Anger for Israel

The hatred of Israel is so passionate, so deep and so one-sided that it is clear that something more is at stake here than the merits.

AP/Yuki Iwamura
Opinion (Columnists)

Ivy League Anti-Israel Protests Could Prove More Dangerous Than January 6 or Charlottesville

The First Amendment protects the right to say idiotic things, but the marketplace of ideas also requires that speakers be held accountable for the words they speak, especially if they are hateful ones.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Opinion (Columnists)

Why Is Biden Stopping Israel From Attacking Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program ?

As a matter of law, Israel is entitled to respond to this act of war by overwhelming, even disproportionate, force against Iranian military targets.

AP/Tomer Neuberg
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