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A view of proceeding at the Nuremberg trials. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How Nuremberg’s universalism undermined its noble aims

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This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes. A clear line links these tribunals to...
The report shares the results of a ministry study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment online and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy. Credit: Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Israel: Tackling phony social-media accounts ‘major strategic challenge to be dealt with’

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Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs released a 37-page report this week titled “Manipulating Social Media: The effort to delegitimize Israel through coordinated inauthentic behavior online.” The report shares the results of a ministry study examining...
The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Justified contempt for the International Criminal Court

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It’s the sort of thing that infuriates those who have been complaining for three-and-a-half years that the Trump administration has no respect for the norms and traditions of international diplomacy. By placing sanctions on...
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks at the Oslo Forum in 2014. Photo: Stine Merethe Eid via Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions top officials on International Criminal Court

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The United States sanctioned two top officials at the International Criminal Court, which U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in announcing the move on Wednesday, called a “thoroughly broken and corrupt institution.” ICC chief prosecutor...

ICC moving ahead with investigation against Israel

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The International Criminal Court has announced it will move ahead with its investigation against Israel even though Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared the annulment of all agreements with Israel and the United States. In...
The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Congress members write Pompeo, urging action against anti-Israel bias at ICC

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate sent similar letters on Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling on him to combat the International Criminal Court’s alleged anti-Israel bias. Out...

Legal experts argue impartiality, point to ICC bias in alleged Israeli ‘war crimes’ case

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The Jewish state has long been no stranger to criticism and double standards in international bodies. For decades, the United Nations and its associated bodies have singled out Israel for criticism, while ignoring human-rights...
The International Criminal Court building in The Hague. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

International Criminal Court hints Palestinians may be guilty of war crimes over ‘pay for...

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The Palestinians were just hit by a judicial bombshell. Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) published its Office of the Prosecutor Report. While it predictably accused Israel of false war crimes in Judea and...
The International Criminal Court building in The Hague. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinians slam ICC report that says rewarding terrorists is a possible ‘war crime’

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Palestinian officials slammed a report from the International Criminal Court that includes a warning that rewarding terrorists and their families could be a war crime. Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Malki said the report...
The International Court of Justice in The Hague. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The International Criminal Court’s fundamental flaw

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In my last column, I noted in passing that the International Criminal Court’s blatant anti-Israel bias is merely a symptom of a more fundamental flaw. That isn’t self-evident; court supporters would doubtless argue, just as...