The curious case of Francesca Albanese
Blog by Catherine Perez-Shakdam – Executive Director We Believe In Israel Published January 4th. “The Times of Israel” The UN Special Rapporteur’s call for a medical boycott against Israel is an attack on the essence of medicine — and it will harm Palestinians One cannot help but marvel, albeit with mounting dismay, at the peculiar […]
UN Adopts Two New anti-Israel Resolutions
By prof. Steven Zipperstein On 11 December 2024 the UN General Assembly adopted two new anti-Israel Resolutions. The first resolution demands “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. It further demanded “immediate access by the civilian population in the Gaza Strip to basic services and […]
Amnesty International seeks to expand the concept of genocide
By Alessandro Spinillo and Paulina Guerrero On 5th December, Amnesty International published a report entitled “´You feel like you are subhuman´ Israel´s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza.” Amnesty argues that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.[1] [1] https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/8668/2024/en/ In order to make its case, Amnesty both distorts the factual narrative of […]
An evening with Andrew Tucker in Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia
You are cordially invited to attend this engaging lecture by Andrew Tucker, international lawyer and director of The Hague Initiative for International Coorporation (thinc.)
Trump, Israel and International Law: What Should We Expect?
By Steven E. Zipperstein, Distinguished Senior Scholar, UCLA Center for Middle East Development Introduction Donald Trump’s victory in the 5 November 2024 U.S. presidential election portends a shift in American policy toward the Middle East, Israel and international law. Generally speaking and based on Trump’s approach during his first term in office and the personnel […]
Anti-Semitic violence in Amsterdam, its aftermath and the law
By Matthijs de Blois, Senior Fellow thinc. On the very night that in the Snoga, the impressive Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam the Kristallnacht in November 1938 was commemorated, on 7 November 2024, the streets an squares of the Dutch capital were filled with people that were engaged in – according to their own jargon – […]
Does the ICC decision to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders comply with the rule of law?
By Andrew Tucker, Director thinc. Background On Thursday 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued warrants of arrest for two Israeli political leaders – Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. They are accused of “crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from 8 October 2023 until […]
When military targeting of Hamas combatants was misrepresented as genocide
An open-source data analysis with a focus on Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza urban warfare 2023-24’, By Lewi Stone and Prof. Gregory Rose, Senior Fellow thinc. Toe read the full article go here: Special Issue — Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism and scroll down to: The article “When military targeting of Hamas combatants was misrepresented as […]
thinc. condemns antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam and calls for urgent action to protect Jewish communities in Europe
Amsterdam, November 12, 2024 – By Olimpia Galiberti, thinc. In the wake of last week’s disturbing assault on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, thinc. condemns in the strongest terms this premeditated act of terror targeting the Jewish community. This organized attack – reminiscent of some of the darkest episodes in European history – has deeply alarmed Jewish communities and exposed […]
The US Must Help Israel Defeat Terror Before Addressing the question of Palestinian Statehood
Executive Summary – by Andrew Tucker, Alessandro Spinillo, Pieter Hoogendoorn, Olimpia Galiberti The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc.) Israel is fighting a military war for its survival on seven fronts. But it is also facing a legal onslaught intended to undermine Israel’s capacity to defend itself and isolate and destroy Israel economically and diplomatically. […]
A shocking new UN report gaslights for Hamas
The report urges Palestinians to investigate themselves for killing Jews, when their stated goal is killing Jews. by Anne Bayefsky, International Human rights lawyer. Published on October 11th 2024 in “Times of Israel” On October 10, 2024 the United Nations released what can only be described as a blood-curdling report radiating antisemitism around the globe. The report […]
Argentina’s Javier Milei vs. United Nations
By Robert Nicholson, Senior fellow of thinc. This article was published in “Providence” on October 10th 2024. If you haven’t experienced the epic congestion of New York during United Nations week, count yourself lucky. If you have, you know the inverse correlation between the bedlam of the General Assembly’s annual meeting and the march of peace among […]
UN passes dangerous resolution forcing Jews to withdraw from Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem in 12 months
thinc. was in New York, closely following the recent developments at the UN General Assembly. Over the past week, we have been liaising with various UN missions as well as media. On 18th September the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for Israel to withdraw its presence from Judea, Samaria, East Jerusalem and Gaza. […]
The Arab Group and Org. of Islamic Cooperation submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly, calling for Israel’s withdrawal from the West Bank.
By Alessandro Spinillo, legal counselor, thinc. The Arab Group and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly, calling for Israel’s complete and unconditional withdrawal from the West Bank within six months. On September 9, 2024, the Arab Group, represented by Syria, and the OIC sent a letter […]
thinc. briefing concerning the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice
On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) fulfilled the request of the UN General Assembly (Res. 77/247) to render an Advisory Opinion about “Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”. The Advisory Opinion focusses exclusively on Israel’s alleged misconduct. As several […]
The international courts in The Hague should not allow themselves to become a weapon to destroy Israel
By Andrew Tucker, Director of thinc. On 6th August, The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc.) submitted “written observations” to the International Criminal Court (ICC). These observations concern the request made by the ICC Prosecutor (Karim Khan KC) on 20th May 2024 to the Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants against three Hamas leaders and two Israeli leaders […]
PRESS RELEASE – International Court of Justice: One-sided Advisory Opinion; Israel’s security concerns are not considered in any way.
The Hague, 22 July 2024, In its Advisory Opinion published on Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concludes that Israel’s ongoing presence in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory”, including East Jerusalem, violates the Palestinian right to self-determination and is illegal. The court calls for Israel to bring its presence in these […]
thinc. organized a European Summit in The Hague, July 2nd, on Israel, Palestine and the International Courts.
On Tuesday 2nd July, thinc. organized a European Summit in The Hague on Israel, Palestine and the International Courts. While the horrific images of October 7 are still on our minds, the world is crying out for implementation of the ‘two-state solution’− as if that would be the panacea to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since […]
Press release July 17th: The UNGA Request for ICJ Advisory Opinion on the “prolonged Israeli occupation” of “Palestinian territory”
On Friday 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will publish an Advisory Opinion on the consequences of Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. The advisory opinion was commissioned in December 2022 by the United Nations (UN) in Resolution 77/247. The ICJ was asked to clarify the legality of […]
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without borders has lost its way
By Greg Rose and Tzvi Fleischer. Greg Rose is a professor of law at the University of Wollongong, a senior fellow of The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation and a visiting fellow at AIJAC. This article was published on AIJAC’s website on July 3rd 2024 Last week, on June 25, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed […]