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Arsen Ostrovsky

Arsen Ostrovsky is an Israel-based international human-rights lawyer and activist. You can follow him on Twitter at: @Ostrov_A.

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Arsen OstrovskyJanuary 23, 2023

Does Harvard’s ‘Veritas’ apply to Israel?

There can be no other way to look at the university’s decision on former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth than as a cowardly and pitiful.

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Arsen OstrovskyDecember 9, 2020

Religious freedom as a universal message of Hanukkah

Although a uniquely Jewish story, the lessons of the holiday apply to everyone, irrespective of individual faith or background.

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Arsen Ostrovsky and Richard KempJune 8, 2020

Annexation vs. sovereignty: Words matter

It is factually incorrect to assert that Israel intends to “annex” territory to which it has legitimate claim and that never has been part of a “state of Palestine.”

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Arsen Ostrovsky and Maurice HirschMay 6, 2020

The ICC just became a tool of Palestinian lawfare

By becoming a willing pawn of the Palestinians, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has politicized the court and brought its very legitimacy into question.

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Arsen OstrovskyNovember 13, 2018

International community must hold Hamas accountable

Hamas in Gaza rained down more than 450 rockets in the space of four to five hours. Imagine if even one—just one—rocket was to hit an American city?

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Arsen OstrovskyNovember 9, 2018

Lessons from Kristallnacht

As the great Spanish American philosopher George Santayana said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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Arsen OstrovskyOctober 22, 2018

Advocating for Israel, from Israel: Reflections on ‘aliyah’

It’s not that I ever felt out of place in Australia. It’s just that in Israel, I have at last found a place where I truly belong.

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