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'''Richard Anderson Falk''' (born November 13, 1930)<ref>[http://americanjewisharchives.org/media/docs/concise/f.pdf American Jewish Archives website], p. 146 of listing of individuals by name.</ref> is a  American academic. In 2008, the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] appointed him to a six-year term as a [[United Nations Special Rapporteur]] on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967."<ref name="UN_Falkappointed">http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/0da4ba56ade85249852574190058d462!OpenDocument</ref> Since his appointment he has been subjected to vicious criticism by US ambassador [[Susan Rice]], various Israeli politicians and Secretary-General of the United Nations [[Ban Ki-moon]] for his positions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and for his [[9-11 dissidence]].
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==Career==
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Falk has worked as professor of international law at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="Griffiths 74-76" >Martin Griffiths,
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=FU3g49XcKwcC&pg=PT74 ''Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations,'' ] Routledge 1999 p.74</ref> He is the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of another 20 volumes,<ref>[http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/index.php/events/events_detail/76/ Dean’s Open Forum, Richard Falk], USC Center on Public Diplomacy, November 4, 2004.</ref>
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==Opinions on 9-11==
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In 2008, Falk posted the following on his personal blog:
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|text=The arguments swirling around the 9/11 attacks are emblematic of these issues. What fuels suspicions of conspiracy is the reluctance to address the sort of awkward gaps and contradictions in the official explanations that David Ray Griffin(and other devoted scholars of high integrity) have been documenting in book after book ever since his authoritative The New Pearl Harbor in 2004 (updated in 2008). What may be more distressing than the apparent cover up is the eerie silence of the mainstream media, unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced doubts about the official version of the events: an [[al Qaeda]] operation with no foreknowledge by government officials. Is this silence a manifestation of fear or cooption, or part of an equally disturbing filter of self-censorship? Whatever it is, the result is the withering away of a participatory citizenry and the erosion of legitimate constitutional government. The forms persist, but the content is missing.
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'''Richard Anderson Falk''' (born November 13, 1930)<ref>[http://americanjewisharchives.org/media/docs/concise/f.pdf American Jewish Archives website], p. 146 of listing of individuals by name.</ref> is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University.<ref name="Griffiths 74-76" >Martin Griffiths,
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In response, various people, including [[Susan E. Rice]] and [[Hillel Neuer]] called for his sacking.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/28/richard-falk-im-not-a-911-conspiracy-theorist/</ref> In 2014, ''[[The Tower]] termed him an "[[Anti-Semitic]], Anti-American [[Conspiracy Theorist]]".<ref>http://www.thetower.org/princeton-falk/</ref>
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[https://books.google.com/books?id=FU3g49XcKwcC&pg=PT74 ''Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations,'' ] Routledge 1999 p.74</ref> He is the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of another 20 volumes,<ref>[http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/index.php/events/events_detail/76/ Dean’s Open Forum, Richard Falk], USC Center on Public Diplomacy, November 4, 2004.</ref>  
 
  
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In 2008, the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] (UNHRC) appointed Falk to a six-year term as a [[United Nations Special Rapporteur]] on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967."<ref name="UN_Falkappointed">{{cite web|title=Human Rights Council elects Advisory Committee Members and approves a number of Special Procedures mandate holders|publisher=[[United Nations]]|date=March 26, 2008|url=http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/0da4ba56ade85249852574190058d462!OpenDocument|accessdate=January 1, 2009|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dViuhEdA|archivedate=January 1, 2009}}</ref> Since his appointment he has been subjected to vicious criticism by US ambassador [[Susan Rice]], various Israeli politicians and Secretary-General of the United Nations [[Ban Ki-moon]] for his positions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
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He was quoted on [[911 Blogger]] in November 2008 that "Any close student of 9/11 is aware of the many serious discrepancies between the [[9-11/Official narrative|official version of what took place]] and the actual happenings on that fateful day in 2001."<ref>http://911blogger.com/node/18483</ref>
 
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Person.png Richard A. Falk   Amazon Keywiki Sourcewatch TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(academic, 9-11/Dissident)
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BornRichard Anderson Falk
1930/11/13
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Harvard University
ReligionJewish
SpouseHilal Elver
Member of"The New Humanitarians", American Herald Tribune, Council on Foreign Relations/Members, Institute for Policy Studies
Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories

Richard Anderson Falk (born November 13, 1930)[1] is a American academic. In 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed him to a six-year term as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on "the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967."[2] Since his appointment he has been subjected to vicious criticism by US ambassador Susan Rice, various Israeli politicians and Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon for his positions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and for his 9-11 dissidence.

Career

Falk has worked as professor of international law at Princeton University.[3] He is the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of another 20 volumes,[4]

Opinions on 9-11

In 2008, Falk posted the following on his personal blog:

“The arguments swirling around the 9/11 attacks are emblematic of these issues. What fuels suspicions of conspiracy is the reluctance to address the sort of awkward gaps and contradictions in the official explanations that David Ray Griffin(and other devoted scholars of high integrity) have been documenting in book after book ever since his authoritative The New Pearl Harbor in 2004 (updated in 2008). What may be more distressing than the apparent cover up is the eerie silence of the mainstream media, unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced doubts about the official version of the events: an al Qaeda operation with no foreknowledge by government officials. Is this silence a manifestation of fear or cooption, or part of an equally disturbing filter of self-censorship? Whatever it is, the result is the withering away of a participatory citizenry and the erosion of legitimate constitutional government. The forms persist, but the content is missing.”
Richard Falk (11 January 2008)  [5]

In response, various people, including Susan E. Rice and Hillel Neuer called for his sacking.[6] In 2014, The Tower termed him an "Anti-Semitic, Anti-American Conspiracy Theorist".[7]

He was quoted on 911 Blogger in November 2008 that "Any close student of 9/11 is aware of the many serious discrepancies between the official version of what took place and the actual happenings on that fateful day in 2001."[8]

 

Documents by Richard Falk

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:Open letter to Ban Ki-Moon from Richard Falkopen letter7 February 2016Israel
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Palestine
Ban Ki-moon		On-the-button open letter from Richard Falk to Ban Ki-moon about Israeli attacks on the latter for his modest, reasonable and accurate criticism of Israeli policy - Schadenfreude would be understandable in light of Richard Falks experience at Moon's hands.
File:Un-escwa-israel-apartheid-report.pdfreport17 March 2017Israel
Palestine
Apartheid		The Apartheid nature of the Israeli State in its treatment of its non-jewish Palestinian population

 

Event Witnessed

EventDescription
Truth And Reconciliation Committee on the Assassinations Of The 1960sA call for a Truth And Reconciliation Committee
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References

  1. ↑ American Jewish Archives website, p. 146 of listing of individuals by name.
  2. ↑ http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/0da4ba56ade85249852574190058d462!OpenDocument
  3. ↑ Martin Griffiths, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, Routledge 1999 p.74
  4. ↑ Dean’s Open Forum, Richard Falk, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, November 4, 2004.
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110116044858/http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/interrogating-the-arizona-killings-from-a-safe-distance/ Internet Archive
  6. ↑ https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/28/richard-falk-im-not-a-911-conspiracy-theorist/
  7. ↑ http://www.thetower.org/princeton-falk/
  8. ↑ http://911blogger.com/node/18483
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