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Avraham Russell Shalev

Avraham Russell Shalev is a senior fellow at Kohelet, focusing on international law.

Jews tend to reinterpret contemporary events in light of historical or biblical archetypes—enemies of Israel are constantly recast as the ancient foes of Pharaoh, Haman and Antiochus.
As confirmed by seven U.S. federal prosecutors of Nazi crimes, there is no Israeli government plan for mass killing.
History shows that authoritarian regimes use emigration control to maintain power. It also shows that mass emigration can destabilize such regimes.
Israel must change its approach to engaging with international legal institutions.
The May 2021 riots exposed Israel’s soft underbelly—thousands of hostile Arab citizens willing to aid Israel’s enemies during wartime.
Its recent report is another shot fired in the battle to disenfranchise the Jewish people and criminalize the Jewish state.