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July 13, 2016

No, Israel Doesn’t “Occupy” Gaza

And the ICC should stop claiming it does.

In 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that Israel should be considered an occupying power in Gaza, despite the fact that every Israeli soldier and civilian was removed nine years earlier. The ICC’s conclusion is frequently echoed by various UN bodies as well as journalists and politicians; as Gilead Sher and Dana Wolf explain, it is patently absurd:

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July 13, 2016

  1. Israel’s No-Longer Cold Peace with Egypt

    Moving beyond security cooperation.

  2. Jeremy Corbyn’s Sham Reckoning with Anti-Semitism

    Labor declares itself innocent.

  3. No, Israel Doesn’t “Occupy” Gaza

    And the ICC should stop claiming it does.

  4. Religion and Freedom are Complementary, Not Contradictory

    Plus cultural amnesia in Europe, and the Beatles.

  5. Rome’s Ancient Jewish Catacombs

    The menorah chamber.