The French Ambassador Gets International Law Wrong
Doing business in the settlements isn't illegal.
June 8, 2015
The French Ambassador Gets International Law Wrong
Doing business in the settlements isn't illegal.
Last week, the French telecommunications company Orange announced plans to sever its brand-licensing agreement with the Israeli firm Partner. Although the CEO of Orange insisted that the decision had nothing to do with politics, the French ambassador to the U.S. took to Twitter to announce that Israel’s “settlement policy . . . is illegal” and therefore it “is illegal to contribute to it in any way.” Eugene Kontorovich points to the flaws in this legal reasoning:
June 8, 2015
Why an Iran Deal Is Likely to Make Iran Less, Not More, Moderate
There are pragmatists and extremists, but they're both enthusiasts of terrorism.
Liberation Theology in the Service of Anti-Semitism
"Jewish acts of deicide."
A Paris Museum and France’s Short-Lived Sephardi Aristocracy
The story of an Ottoman Jewish family in Paris.
Israel Improves Its Ties with a Beleaguered Ukraine
It's sending military aid, much to Russia's chagrin.