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Eytan Gilboa

Professor Eytan Gilboa is director of the Center for International Communication and a senior research associate at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Currently, he is Israel Institute Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Times pretends nothing has changed, but its newsroom has in fact radically changed and no longer upholds the standards it once did.
The return to negotiations is a positive step but says nothing about Iran’s true intentions.
That the court delayed the announcement of its decision until after the U.S. election provides additional proof it is a politicized, biased institution.
Israel and the United States should conduct a relentless campaign against the court with all the diplomatic and legal tools at their disposal.
The motivation behind the resolution is simple: Like Tehran, the Democrats want President Donald Trump to lose the 2020 election.
Israel should expose the International Criminal Court’s complete lack of credibility and legitimacy via aggressive political measures in collaboration with concerned liberal democracies, primarily the U.S.
In light of the growing probability of a direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran, Israel would do well to remember Elie Wiesel’s words: “Better to believe the threats of our enemies than the promises of our friends.”
The recent threats by Democratic presidential candidates to leverage U.S. military aid to force changes in Israeli policy should be seen in the wider context of growing antagonism towards Israel within the Democratic Party.
When international courts and U.N. agencies become mired in double standards and discrimination, perhaps might really does make right.