Posts Tagged: Eugene Kontorovich
Trump’s ‘No West Bank Annexation’ Veto Isn’t What It Sounds Like, Expert Says
Israelis were divided after US President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that he would not allow annexation of the West Bank, with some warning that...
New York Times Freaks Out Over Trump Gaza Plan
President Trump's proposal to take over Gaza is being greeted by the New York Times with the same mixture of unremitting contempt, historical ignorance, alarmism,...
Washington Post Amnesia on Israel and ‘Annexation’
JNS.org - “History,” the late historian Bernard Lewis wrote, “is the collective memory and if we think of the social body in terms of the...
Just Another Way for the Palestinians to Avoid Peace
JNS.org - The announcement by Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court at the Hague, that she is prepared to begin an...
Congressional Hearing Highlights Push for US Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
The potential US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights was the focus of a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Israel took control...
The Hostility and Hypocrisy of Left-Wing Israeli NGOs
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem recently appeared before a special session of the United Nations Security Council, excoriating Israel and pleading with the body to act against...
International Law Expert: UN’s Obsession With Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Robs It of Ability to Deal With More Serious Problems (INTERVIEW)
The UN’s obsession with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has robbed it of the ability to deal with other more serious problems around the world, an international...
Law Expert Takes on French Ambassador Over Legality of Doing Business With Jewish Settlements
A law professor at Northwestern University called out the French ambassador to the United States over a comment he made about it being illegal to do business with...
When is an Illegal Settlement Legal?
Everyone knows that Jewish settlements are illegal under international law. This is one of the endlessly repeated mantras that reinforce the denigration of Israel as...
