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CROCUS CITY HALL is burned out following a deadly attack on the concert venue, outside Moscow, in March.

Terrorism and self-determination: International law is on Israel’s side

By TATIANA WAISBERG

International Criminal Court, The Hague

Israel challenges ICC jurisdiction, submits objection to arrest warrants

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the detention of IDF reserve soldiers suspected of sexually abusing an imprisoned Hamas terrorist, at Sde Teiman military detention center north of Beersheba, last week. International law isn’t popular among certain circles in Israeli society, says the writer.

Recent events and decisions could be potentially harmful for Israel's near future

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

The Advisory Opinion on Palestine is a bad omen for international law

By Olivia Flasch , AMI H. ORKABY

An Israeli soldier operates during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024.

IDF reservist soldier who refuses to continue serving in Gaza speaks out

By Margaux Jubin

Delegates attend a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

Israeli leaders slam ICJ's call for end to 'illegal' activities in Palestinian territories

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ICC PROSECUTOR Karim Khan speaks during an interview in The Hague, earlier this year.

Israel finally weighing state inquiry to block ICC – but will it be too late?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman and legal adviser of the Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham look on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Ex-chief justice: Gov't attack on judiciary paved way for ICC, ICJ war crimes charges

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

Israel follows international humanitarian law; now it needs to speak like it

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Harrison Mann appeared on CBS News to discuss his resignation from the U.S. Army out of protest over Israel's war in Gaza.

Jewish US Army Major Harrison Mann explains why he resigned over US support for Israel-Hamas war

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

PROF. EYAL BENVENISTI

Putting democracy under the microscope

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Palestinians look at the damages after a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024

IDF General Staff to investigate Rafah strike after 45 Palestinians killed

British jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The Hague, Net

'Irrelevant order of antisemitic court': Outrage sparked amid ICJ ruling

By RINA BASSIST , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken arrives for the Summit for Democracy, in South Korea this week. The gradual shift in the historic US-Israel alliance has been partly influenced by a greater influence given to the State Department under Blinken, the writer maintains.

Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

By REUTERS

IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, Mach 27, 2024

Israel is breaching international law in Gaza, UK legal adviser tell gov't

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A HOME in Kibbutz Kfar Aza is bullet-ridden and ransacked following the October 7 massacre. Marwan Issa was a principal planner of that rampage against defenseless Israeli civilians, the writer notes.

Targeting Marwan Issa didn't break the law; it enforced it

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on February 11, 2024

New US directive links military aid to human rights, including for Israel

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , HANNAH SARISOHN

PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

The ICJ is not a court

By GERALD M. STEINBERG