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Tag Archives: Eugene Kontorovich
Kontorovich: Does Israel occupy the West Bank ?
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, Palestine, West Bank
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“The US Embassy in Jerusalem already provides consular services to the Palestinians. Why do they need an independent consulate in the same city?”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Why the US really wants a Palestinian consulate in J’lem by Prof. Eugene Kontorovich October 7, 2021 The Biden administration is trying to partially undo one of Israel’s greatest diplomatic achievements of recent decades … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, Jerusalem, Joe Biden
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“Neutral application of property law becomes an international incident because a landlord is a Jew”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Almost Nothing You’ve Heard About Evictions in Jerusalem Is True by Avi Bell and Eugene Kontorovich May 14, 2021 3:10 pm ET Hamas never needs a special occasion to bombard Israel with rockets. Yet the progressive narrative … Continue reading
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Tagged Avi Bell, Eugene Kontorovich
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“A Bitter James Baker, Who Failed on the Western Sahara, Urges Biden To Rescind the Deal”
NEW YORK SUN Moroccan Envoy Marks Hanukkah With Israel by Benny Avni December 18, 2020 As the Moroccan ambassador to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, lit candles Thursday alongside his Israeli counterpart, Gilad Erdan, some in Washington tsk-tsk’d about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, James Baker, Morocco, Western Sahara
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“In San Remo, the League of Nations decided to turn much of the former Ottoman Empire into new nation-states: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan all emerged from this process, along with Israel”
JERUSALEM POST 100 years since San Remo, when Israel became a sovereignty by Eugene Kontorovich April 30, 2020 The 1920 international conference in San Remo, Italy, is finally getting some of the attention it deserves. That conference created Mandatory Palestine … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, San Remo Agreement, San Remo Conference
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“They’ve rejected every peace initiative. Their no-show this week in Bahrain should be the last”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Take the Palestinians’ ‘No’ for an Answer bu Eugene Kontorovich June 23, 2019 …After so many rejections, one might conclude that the Palestinian Authority’s leaders simply aren’t interested in peace. Had they accepted any of the peace … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
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“United States has never joined the ICC and does not recognize its authority over American citizens, saying it poses a threat to national sovereignty”
MILITARY.COM ICC Judges Turn Down Request for Afghanistan War Crimes Probe by AFP April 13, 2019 Judges at the International Criminal Court Friday turned down a request to open a war crimes probe in Afghanistan, a week after Washington revoked … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, ICC, International Criminal Court
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Democrats and Republicans unite to oppose BDS
THE TOWER Congressional Committee Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Israel Anti-Boycott by Staff June 29, 2018 The influential House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Israel Anti-Boycott Act sending it to the full House of Representatives for a vote, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The bill would … Continue reading
“Kontorovich explained a number of reasons why ACLU’s criticism of anti-BDS law is misplaced”
THE TOWER Legal Expert: Anti-Israel Boycott Act Targets Discrimination, Not Free Speech by Staff August 3, 2017 The Anti-Israel Boycott Act currently being debated in the Senate is an anti-discrimination legislation that does not restrict free speech, in contradiction to critics’ … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Eugene Kontorovich
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UN General Assembly resolutions “employ term “grave” to describe Israel’s actions 513 times, as opposed to 14 total for all the other conflicts, which involve the full gamut of human-rights abuses, including allegations of ethnic cleansing and torture”
WALL STREET JOURNAL At the U.N., Only Israel Is an ‘Occupying Power’ by Eugene Kontorovich and Penny Grunseid September 13, 2016 …Our research shows that the U.N. uses an entirely different rhetoric and set of legal concepts when dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, Occupation, United Nations
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 