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June 22, 2017

The UN Security Council Resolution on Settlements Lays the Groundwork for Palestinian Lawfare

The next phase of Mahmoud Abbas’s strategy.

In December, the U.S. declined to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and therefore allowed it to pass. The resolution declares it illegal for Jews to build homes or live in territory acquired during the 1967 war. It could, argues Josh Halpern, provide a legal basis for litigation against Israel in the International Criminal Court (ICC), thereby serving Mahmoud Abbas’s strategy of bringing international pressure to bear on the Jewish state:

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June 22, 2017

  1. How Syrian Rebels and Their Families Find Themselves in Israeli Hospitals

    Judeo-Druze values.

  2. The UN Security Council Resolution on Settlements Lays the Groundwork for Palestinian Lawfare

    The next phase of Mahmoud Abbas’s strategy.

  3. Without Boundaries, Religions—and Nations—Can’t Endure

    Forbidding intermarriage and chasing away the little mermaid.

  4. Hitler’s Willing Orchestras

    When music could not transcend evil.

  5. Don’t Blame Benjamin Netanyahu for the Failure to Move the U.S. Embassy

    A destructive conspiracy theory.