Eugene Kontorovich is a Professor at Northwestern University School of Law whose research spans the fields of constitutional law, international law, and law and economics. He is an expert in international jurisdiction and criminal law, and has written extensively about the legal aspects of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Why Israeli Rule in the West Bank Is Legal under International Law
An interview with Professor Eugene Kontorovich by Sarah Haetzni-Cohen A version of this interview first appeared in Hebrew in Makor Rishon on March 23, 2018. Professor Eugene Kontorovich is the head of the international law department of the Kohelet Policy Forum and a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He teaches at the Law Faculty of Northwestern University. Born in Ukraine...
What You Can Do If You Think Israel Stole Palestinian Land
1) Demand that Britain apologize for the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which first committed Britain to reestablish the Jewish homeland in what was then called Palestine. Britain had given “without any right, authority or consent from anyone, the land of Palestine to another people.” 2) Your low-informed tweets rewrite the Jews out of their own history by fabricating an entirely fictitious...
Muslim armies conquered Jerusalem in 638 CE.
Muslim armies conquered Jerusalem in 638 CE.
The occupying forces built al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the ruins of the Jewish Temple.
The Land in Silwan was Bought and Paid for by Jews
The land in Silwan was purchased in 1881 by Yemeni Jews who built their homes there until they were ethnically cleansed by Jordanians in 1929. It still belongs to Yemeni Jews, so building by palestinians on this land is illegal. Moreover, the Arab Muslims were so arrogant and convinced that the Jews would never come back, they did not bother to change the land registration which remained under...
Pre-State Israel: Robert Kennedy’s Reports from Palestine, (April 1948)
In April 1948, one month before Israel declared independence, Robert Kennedy traveled to Palestine to report for the Boston Post on the conflict prior to the British deaparture. His dispatches were published in June 1948.
Who Owns The Land of Israel?
This article was inspired by a Muslim Arab who considers himself to be Palestinian. He first challenged some data in the following article:
The Arabs in the Holy Land – Natives or Aliens?
The Year the Arabs Discovered Palestine [Short version]
The fact that Palestinianism identity is of such recent and expedient origins suggests that the Palestinian primacy is superficially rooted and that it could eventually come to an end, perhaps as quickly as it got started.
The History of Herodotus
Translated by George Rawlinson
History of Palestine – Source: “Palaestina”, antique book written in 1714
In the book “Palaestina”, written in 1714, the author Hadriani Relandi wrote these prominent conclusions:
1. Not one settlement in the Land of Israel has a name that is of Arabic origin
2. Most of the land was empty, desolate.
3. No Palestinian heritage or Palestinian nation
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