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Daily Briefing: ICJ “OPINION” DEEMS ISRAELI “POLICIES AND PRACTICES” VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

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  REWARDING TERROR A Reward to Hamas’: International Legal Expert on the ICJ’s Latest Ruling on Israel:  Ari David Blaff, National Post, July 19, 2024 –– Arsen Ostrovsky has spent his life moving. Born in Odesa, Ukraine, his family fled the Soviet Union when he was seven for Sydney, Australia, where he spent his formative years growing […]

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Our Demand for the Right to Settle in Our Land is Legal

Prof. Talia Einhorn Israel Hayom, July 18, 2024 “In international law, according to the principle of Uti possidetis, the borders of a new state are determined according to the borders it had when it was established.”   The “Iron Swords” War imposed on us underscores the need to reexamine the legality of Jewish settlement across the […]

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Anti-Israel Lawfare Has Reached a Dangerous New Low:

  Natasha Hausdorff, The Telegraph, July 20, 2024 The virulently anti-Israel Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, arguing Israel’s “policies and practices” have breached international law, is just that: an opinion. It does not have legally binding status. The value of that opinion is ultimately undermined by the weakness of […]

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Injustice, Israel, and the “International Court of Justice”

Elliot Abrams Council on Foreign Relations, July 20, 2024 “The hostility toward Israel, the sheer malice, the desire to do harm, is clearly visible in paragraph 278, where nations are urged not to have embassies in Jerusalem and not to allow trade in items from the West Bank.”   On Friday, July 19, the International […]

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A Judge from Uganda Sides with Israel : 

 Robert Nicholson, WSJ, July 21, 2024 In a gross miscarriage of justice that surprised no one, the main judicial body of the United Nations has attacked Jewish self-determination in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion Friday saying that Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian Territories violates international law. The ICJ’s opinion […]

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Daily Briefing: HAS HAMAS REACHED A TURNING POINT?

HUGE GAIN Confirmed: Gaza’s Hamas #2, Mohammed Deif is Dead:  Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press, July 21, 2024 — After seven failed assassination attempts, the Israel Defense Forces have confirmed that Mohammed Deif, head of Gaza’s Hamas military wing — Al Qassam — has been eliminated, killed in an Israeli airstrike eight days ago. Deif was the […]

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Dismantling Hamas from Within’: IDF Uncovers Trove of Hamas Secrets

 Amir Bohbot Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2024 “After consolidating all Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, based on what we saw in maps and documents and what was actually discovered, it is clear that Gaza was constructed as one large military base, including the use of kindergartens, schools, clinics, hospitals, and mosques.  They intended to […]

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‘Israel’s Most Significant Achievement’: Psychological Impact of Deif Assassination – Analysis

Dr. Liraz Margalit Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2024   “The psychological war and the design of the victory narrative are an integral part of the war.”   If the attempted assassination of Mohammed Deif, the head of the military wing of Hamas, is confirmed, it will be Israel’s greatest psychological achievement amid the current war. It is […]

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How Israel Turned the Tide in Rafah

Elliot Kaufman WSJ, July 19, 2024 “It shouldn’t be a surprise that pressure on Hamas could yield gains in negotiations. Yet for months Western powers took the opposite approach, pressuring Israel to end the war and leave Hamas victorious.”   Something changed in Gaza. After months of rejecting Israeli cease-fire proposals and holding out for […]

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Vilifying Israel’s Use of 2,000-Pound Bombs Only Ends Up Costing More Lives | Opinion

John Spencer Newsweek, July 19, 2024   “If the diplomats fail to demilitarize Hamas, the brutal war is likely to resume—this time spilling out to southern Lebanon as well, where Hezbollah is also ready to fight from underground strongholds.”   This week, Israel very likely killed the long-time head of Hamas‘s military, Mohammed Dief, with multiple 2,000-pound […]

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Daily Briefing: IS EGYPT WORKING AGAINST ISRAEL?

“Since the massacre, Israeli and American officials have played down the Egyptian military’s culpability and nefarious inclinations. Instead, they’ve reverted to past habits: treating Egypt as an economic basket case and the army as the only bulwark against state collapse or another Islamist resurgence. This approach has effectively neutralized censure in Washington and Jerusalem while […]

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Egypt’s Energy Challenges and Their Political Implications for the War in Gaza

Ambassador (ret.) Michael Harari BESA, June 23, 2024 “Cairo wants to bring about an end to the war, but not in a way that creates achievements for Hamas.” Egypt’s energy problems worsened in the summer of 2023 when the authorities were forced to initiate power outages in response to heat-wave-induced high demand for electricity. Moreover, […]

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