Don’t politicize the World Court just to trash Israel
An Op-ed by Andrew Tucker, Gregory Rose and David Benger in ‘The Hill’
The United Nations, international law and “lawfare”
Highlights of the Israel on Trial Conference 2023 – Greg Rose, thinc.
thinc.Bulletin – May 2023 (B)
Help us defend Israel | Two states for two peoples? Event at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs | Looking back | Israel on Trial Conference | Current developments | Reading recommendations
Israel and the UN: how the UN works, and how and why Israel is marginalized
Highlights of the Israel on Trial Conference 2023 – Hillel Neuer, UN Watch
The ICJ, Israel and the request for an Advisory Opinion
Why the ICJ should not render an Advisory Opinion on the Israeli Occupation Introduction On 30th December 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (77/247) requesting the International Court of Justice to render an advisory opinion on the following questions: On 3rd February 2023, the Court invited all UN member states to make written submissions to […]
thinc.Bulletin – May 2023 (A)
Israel’s sovereignty is under intensifying attack – ICJ opinion | Looking back | Israel on Trial Conference | Events | Invitation to JCPA-briefing | Current developments | Reading recommendations
Successes and Failures in Israel’s Multifront Wars
By Stephen L. Meszaros and Robert Ratonyi Since its creation as a modern Jewish state in 1948, Israel has fought fifteen wars with its existence at stake against Arab neighbors and the Palestinians living within its borders. These wars ranged from the War of Independence in 1948, the Six-Day War in 1967, and the Yom Kippur […]
Israel is on Trial in the UN – is there a case for the defense?
By Gregory Rose and Andrew Tucker In May this year, many Jews and their friends will celebrate the 75th birthday of the State of Israel. The Jewish State has been violently opposed for over a century, since before it was a physical reality, even back while it was still a political idea. Today, continuing attacks on that […]
The Road to Peace: a critical look at the EU’s two-state policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
ECPM organises a timely conference in Brussels taking a look at the EU’s two-state policy.
Two states for two peoples? | Webinar
UKLFI Charitable Trust held a webinar on “Two States for Two Peoples? – The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, International Law and EU Policy with Andrew Tucker and Prof Dr Wolfgang Bock and chaired by Natasha Hausdorff on Thursday 19th January 2023. In this webinar Prof Dr Wolfgang Bock and thinc. director Andrew Tucker explained the origins of […]
Two states for two peoples?
Early December 2022, thinc. published “Two States for Two Peoples?” – a comprehensive study of the European Union’s approach to creating a Palestinian state. The report, launched in the European Parliament, explores the main features of the EU two-state policy, how it has failed so far, and how to proceed consistent with legal, historical, and political […]
Hamas, Not Israel, Violated International Humanitarian Law
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison affirmed on May 6, 2021, that the Australian government “will not associate
HRW’s Inconsistency and Incoherence Continues: EJIL: Talk! Symposium on A Threshold Crossed
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison affirmed on May 6, 2021, that the Australian government “will not associate
Together on the Golan
By Jeannette Gabay In order to give our children more freedom and to enable us to enjoy the great outdoors, we recently moved from Jerusalem to a small kibbutz on the Golan Heights. At times, that decision was met with skepticism, because the legal status of the area seems complicated. A brief history lesson: The […]
Australia reverses its position on Jerusalem
By Andrew Tucker The recently-elected centre-left government in Australia announced this week that it will no longer recognize West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reversing a 2018 decision by the previous conservative government. The government announced that Australia recognizes Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, as Israel’s capital. It reaffirmed that Jerusalem’s status must be resolved in peace […]
Where is the new, transparent Dutch governance culture when it comes to financing Palestinian organizations?
By Mr. Freek Vergeer The Dutch government must publish the Proximities investigation report on the links between the Palestinian NGO UAWC (Union of Agricultural Work Committees) and the terror organization PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine). The report, commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Trade and Development in 2021, may answer the question […]
Sovereignty and Legitimacy of the State of Israel under International Law
By Dr. Cynthia Day Wallace, senior fellow at thinc. Remarks delivered on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel – 1897-2022, sponsored as a Solidarity Event of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem on Sunday, August 28th, 2022, Stadtcasino Basel, Switzerland, arranged by ICEJ Swiss Branch. As you will all […]
Growing international criticism of UN Human Rights Council’s one-sided historical and legal narrative
By Andrew Tucker, Program Director, thinc. Earlier this week in Geneva, 22 UN member states (coordinated by the United States) signed a statement to the UN Human Rights Council expressing very strong legal and policy concerns with the establishment in 20221 of the Council’s Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The occasion […]
The UNHRC ongoing Commission of Inquiry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Res. S-30/1) – a fundamentally flawed institution
An extensive analysis of the UNHRC’s ongoing Commission of Inquiry (Res. S-30/1), leading to radical conclusions and recommendations,
False knowledge and Neo-Orientalism
Two reports in which definitions and claims of apartheid in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that delegitimise the State of Israel are deconstructed, exposing the premeditated attempts of powerful NGOs to delegitimise the Jewish State.