Why the Declaration of Independence is Not, and Should Not Be, Israel's Constitution: Two Views
Israel’s declaration was never intended to function as domestic law. There’s no reason it should have been transformed into the quasi-constitution it is today.
The Significance of San Remo
Eugene Kontorovich thinks that the 1920 San Remo conference sits at the foundation of Israel’s legitimacy. Martin Kramer disagrees. Who’s right?
Kontorovich: Israel Should Act Now
Imagine what Israel would look like now if it had declined to apply its law to eastern Jerusalem after the Six-Day War. It shouldn’t pass up a similar chance.
Podcast: Eugene Kontorovich on the New American Peace Plan and How It Differs from the Old Ones
The expert on international law joins us to explain why he thinks the new plan might work where others have failed.
Podcast: Eugene Kontorovich on America and Its View of Israeli Settlements
The legal expert explains how an erroneous and hypocritical interpretation of international law became unquestioned dogma.
The Many Incoherences and Hypocrisies of International Law on Jerusalem
There’s a quadruple standard at work: a double standard within a double standard.
Podcast: Eugene Kontorovich on the Legalities and Controversies of Anti-BDS Law
The noted legal expert explains why anti-BDS laws are not only permissible but also just.
The Criticisms of Israel's Nation-State Law Are Very Strange
Some of the people who now criticize the law were for it only a few years ago.
Why All the Outrage over Israel’s Nation-State Law?
The controversial new law has been reviled as “an assassination of democracy” and a subversion of the founding principles of the Jewish state. It’s neither.