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June 14, 2022

A European Treaty Won’t Help Israel Prevent Domestic Violence in Its Borders

Why create another international forum dedicated to bashing the Jewish state?

Created in 2010, the Istanbul Convention is an international treaty for “preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” which some 45, mostly European, countries have signed. Despite support for joining the convention from Israeli politicians—including Foreign Minister Yair Lapid—the Israeli government recently decided to defer doing so for the foreseeable future. Eugene Kontorovich explains the wisdom of this decision:

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