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January 24, 2025

Western Countries Prioritize the Existence of International Institutions over the Integrity of International Law

Banning the Israeli prime minister from a Holocaust commemoration.

Monday is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As has been the case for many years, a ceremony will be held at the most famous of Nazi death camps. Yet the leader of the Jewish state will be absent, because the Polish government—thanks to a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC)—will arrest him if he sets foot in the country. To Natan Sharansky, it “would be hard to contrive a crueler or more emblematic set of ironies” than the spurious charges of genocide being leveled against the Jewish state, and their perverse results:

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January 24, 2025

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    The regime’s authority, and the country’s economy, are teetering.

  2. Western Countries Prioritize the Existence of International Institutions over the Integrity of International Law

    Banning the Israeli prime minister from a Holocaust commemoration.

  3. The Deal with Hamas Is a Bad One, but a Necessary One

    A closer look at the cease-fire and the future of Gaza.

  4. The Paradoxical Soul of Abraham

    A new book tackles the life of the patriarch.

  5. Was Simone Weil’s Abandonment of Judaism an Abandonment of the Jews?

    The wicked daughter.