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Eugene Kontorovich

Professor of Law Eugene Kontorovich is one of the world’s preeminent experts on universal jurisdiction and maritime piracy, as well as international law and the Israel-Arab conflict.

European Union flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels. Credit: Symbiot/Shutterstock.

Israel should not sign a cultural agreement with Europe

The proposed agreement discriminates against Israelis beyond the Green Line and will give Israel very little.

Eugene Kontorovich

October 6, 2022

The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Why the US really wants a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem

The Biden administration knows it does not have domestic support to completely "unrecognize" Jerusalem, so it is catering to far-left demands by undoing the natural consequences of recognition.

Eugene Kontorovich

October 7, 2021

Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz casts his ballot together with his wife, Revital, at a voting station in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, on March 2, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

‘Constitutional’ sabotage of the democratic process

The Israeli left’s anti-Bibi bills show that they now believe there are no implicit constitutional limitations on majority rule—at least while they have the majority.

Eugene Kontorovich

March 22, 2020

Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Send the Hebron observer force home!

The anti-Israel bias of TIPH is built into its mandate, which tasked organization members with the one-sided mission of “promoting by their presence a feeling of security” for Palestinians in Hebron. Protecting Jews from constant terrorist attacks is not part of their job description.

Eugene Kontorovich

January 10, 2019