Israeli Homes in West Bank Settlements

עמונה. ויקיפדיה. צילום יעקב

Israel’s Settlement Regulations Bill and International Law

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 22 Kislev 5777 | 22 December 2016

The proposed “Regulation Bill” raises the legal issues within Israeli and International Law regarding Israel's conduct in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Prof. Kontorovich...

UN Security Council

At the U.N., Only Israel Is an ‘Occupying Power’

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, Penny Grunseid 16 Elul 5776 | 19 September 2016

What about Russia in Crimea, Armenia in parts of Azerbaijan, or what Vietnam did in Cambodia?

Occupied territories throughout the world

New study on the international practice bearing on Article 49(6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 10 Elul 5776 | 13 September 2016

This Article provides the first comprehensive, global examination of state and international practice bearing on Article 49(6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides that an “Occupying Power shall...

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Europe Mislabels Israel

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 1 Kislev 5776 | 13 November 2015

Making special rules for Israel has the undesired effect of reducing Israel’s incentives to take international law seriously: If the goal posts can be moved, there is less reason...

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The Academics Boycotting Israel Are Misguided

Dr. Emmanuel Navon 15 Heshvan 5776 | 28 October 2015

The arguments used by the British academics who clled for boycott on Israel are demonstratively false: Israel does not illegally occupy “Palestinian land,” and Israel does not resist a...

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Challenging the EU’s Illegal Restrictions on Israeli Products in the World Trade Organization

Prof. Avi Bell, Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 5 Tishri 5776 | 18 September 2015

The EU’s treatment of Israeli goods from “settlements” contrasts with its treatment of other countries in similar situations, as EU reports have themselves admitted. This violates the core GATT...

Economic Dealings

Economic Dealings with Occupied Territories

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 22 Sivan 5775 | 9 June 2015

In recent years, the international legality of economic activity in occupied territories has emerged as matter of significant debate, largely focused on Israeli-controlled territories. Some European officials, supported by...

Publication

Defining Settlements Down: the False “Appropriation” Hysteria

Prof. Eugene Kontorovich 12 Elul 5774 | 7 September 2014

Israel’s declaration of certain open, uncultivated areas near the 1949 Armistice Line as “state land” has been widely mischaracterized as an “appropriation” of private Palestinian land, and a promotion...

Publication

EU’s Israel Grants Guidelines: A Legal and Policy Analysis

Kohelet 29 Tishri 5774 | 3 October 2013

Analysis by the Kohelet Policy Forum two Senior Fellows shows that the Guidelines are not, as the EU claims, required by international law. They are discriminatory in that they...

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