About:
Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law by Roy K. Altman looks at the Israel/Palestine war and the accusations against Israel through an objective legal lens. Mr. Altman is a U.S. District Judge and writes the book as if he’s sitting on the bench.
- 304 pages
- Publisher : Advantage Books
- Publication date : April 28, 2026
- Language : English
- ISBN-13 : 979-8891886360
My rating for Israel on Trial – 4
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Thoughts:
This book takes the labels that have been applied to Israel and attempts to tear out the emotions while looking at them from “courtroom-test standards”. He specifically addresses the labels of Colonialism, apartheid, and genocide which are often parroted online without thought or reasoning.
The book does exactly what the title says, puts Israel on trial. Judge Altman applies the burdens me does in the courtroom to the nation and subjects them to the rigors of a criminal trial. He applies specific legal terms such as burden of proof, corroboration, and chain of custody historical evidence. to the case or cases before him.
The book is most certainly pro-Israel in making its case attempting to provide moral clarity with egal precision, however it does nothing to move the needle to either side. Many people have made this war part of their identity and to present the cold hard facts, for either side, is taken as a personal affront. It’s a waste of time trying to present, what is essentially a legal manual to people who have been trained to attach their whole identities to a social justice narrative that everything in involving The West is “oppressing” and every actor not from The West is the “oppressed” and are justified in everything they do. Introducing any ambiguousness into this narrative will not only collapse the belief system but their personal Identity along with it.
I’ve seen posts on social media which attracted thousands of “likes” and comments which were full of rage all based on a baseless tweet, which, if looked at with a critical eye, is an obvious disinformation attempt. In fairness, even I, who once prided myself on being able to trace the root of any piece of information or propaganda to its source, using OSINT and other tools, have been having a very difficult time doing so in the last four years.
In a world where English Lit majors have never read a book, academia is filled with anti-Israel/antisemitic bias masquerading as education, and many can’t focus for more than a three minutes at best, I’m afraid that Judge Altman’s well-researched, well-written, and easy to understand book might be wasted on those that have already been indoctrinated by social-media, one way or another.
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