Norman L. Cantor

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Apr 15, 2025, 8:14 PM

Distorted Agendas in Washington and Jerusalem

A recent opinion piece in the NYT referred to "a disproportionately powerful minority driving an agenda that is out of step with most of the public they represent." The writer's focus was on a segment of President Donald Trump's...

Nov 20, 2024, 11:23 PM

Palestinian Rejections of a 2-State Solution

Once upon a time, anti-Israel agitation focused on Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the principal demand was Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders – i.e., to the agreed armistice lines at the conclusion of the 1948 war...

Aug 20, 2024, 6:31 AM

Dehumanization Breeding Dehumanization?

The events of October 7, 2023, understandably produced extreme rage and trauma within Israel. The mass killing of 1200 people and the kidnap and holding hostage in Gaza of 250 people (including elderly and children) amply illustrated the horrific...

Feb 5, 2023, 2:34 PM

Myths Driving the Push for Judicial Reform

The Netanyahu administration's proposal to constrict the Israeli judiciary is fueled by two major delusions. The first is that Israeli judicial review of governmental conduct has operated as a form of abusive judicial tyranny – judges arbitrarily asserting power...

Mar 7, 2022, 3:35 PM

A Rare Moment of Israeli Tennis Glory

Glorious victories have been few and far between in the history of Israeli tennis. In 1987, Amos Mansdorf reached number 18 in the world and in 2011 Shahar Peer reached the number 11 rank for a few months. In...

Nov 22, 2021, 12:38 PM

Academia’s Disturbing Distortion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Academics are expected to treat controversial issues with reasoned analysis – objective evaluation of opposing sides. Commentary following the recent 11-day war between Israel and Hamas revealed a shocking deviation from that standard among many American academics. Faculty groups...

Jan 31, 2021, 1:04 PM

Lessons for Israel from America’s Enduring Structure of Democratic Governance

America's transfer of presidential power on January 20, 2021 -- for the 46th time over a span of 232 years -- was particularly noteworthy. A narcissistic, mendacious, bullying, would-be dictator -- also commander in chief of America's mighty armed...

May 2, 2016, 4:52 PM

Memo to Anti-Zionist Jews

If your anti-Zionism flows from a religious conviction that a Jewish state is a sacrilege if established before the coming of the messiah, read no further. I cannot alter your faith-based credo. If your anti-Zionism flows from a conviction that...

Apr 6, 2015, 10:25 AM

Post-election Reflections About Israel’s Center-Left

Much of the commentary following Benjamin Netanyahu's winning of 30 knesset seats (versus 22 predicted in pre-election polls) attributes the victory to "fear" on the part of Israeli voters. That fear is that the parties to the left of...

Mar 12, 2013, 6:50 PM

A ray of light in Israeli Arab-Jewish relations?

A marked increase in Arab volunteers performing national service may be cause for optimism

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About Me

Norman Cantor is Distinguished Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Rutgers University Law School. http://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/ncantor He also visited at Columbia, Seton Hall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv University law faculties. His scholarship appears in 4 books and scores of journal articles. His personal blog is at http://seekingfairness.wordpress.com.

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