Avi Bell

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May 26, 2021, 5:15 PM

Israel’s proposed new constitution: Anyone but Netanyahu

Four inconclusive elections in 24 months, a series of transitional governments, and continued parliamentary deadlock have created a political contretemps that Israelis have termed “The Imbroglio” (the “plonter”). Long-time incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits atop a clear majority for...

Apr 26, 2021, 4:52 PM

Human Rights Watch Endorses Palestinian Terrorism

Human Rights Watch is set to release its newest attack on the Jewish state of Israel tomorrow. The report, a 217-page collection of lies, distortions of the law and regurgitated propaganda is the self-styled human rights organization newest vehicle...

Mar 22, 2021, 12:19 AM

Understanding the Possible Palestinian Elections

Despite numerous announcements of Palestinian elections in the past decade, Palestinians have not gone to the polls since 2006. It is little surprise, therefore, that only modest media attention and no small amount of skepticism have greeted the announcement...

Dec 27, 2018, 1:49 PM

Airbnb’s lies increase its legal vulnerability

It's now clear the company is committed not only to violating the law, but also to lying to regulators and the public

Dec 16, 2018, 10:20 PM

Is ‘East Jerusalem’ Palestinian territory?

Worshipers wave a Palestinian flag and flash the victory gesture in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Who cares if the PLO is making two contradictory claims in two international courts? Outrageously, nobody

Nov 28, 2018, 3:51 PM

Is Airbnb Violating the Fair Housing Act?

Airbnb announced that it will ban “the approximately 200 Airbnb listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank” from its website. Airbnb explained that “many in the global community have stated that companies should not do business here because...

Nov 11, 2015, 11:09 PM

Europe’s New Trade Sanctions Against Israel

At long last, the European Commission has published its long-threatened Interpretive Notice on labeling Israeli “settlement” products. Until its publication on November 11, Israeli sources had feared the anticipated Notice would impose trade sanctions and illegally discriminate against the...

Nov 2, 2015, 10:55 PM

The Weyl-Levitsky Double Standard Theorem

Last week, Professors Glen Weyl and Steve Levitsky caused a stir with an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for a boycott of the Jewish state. Some responded by writing about the article’s tendentious mischaracterization of the facts. Others speculated...

Jul 16, 2015, 10:32 PM

The ICC declares war on Israel

The move to reopen the Mavi Marmara case is one more way to tell Israeli Jews that their existence is a crime

Mar 12, 2013, 2:51 PM

Levine in the NY Times: Pseudo-intellectual bigotry

Why publish a nonsensical case against Israel’s right to exist and the Jewish people’s right to self-determination?

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The author is a professor at Bar Ilan University’s Faculty of Law and the University of San Diego Law School, a senior fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum, and recently a visiting fellow at the Project on the Foundations of Private Law at Harvard Law School.

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