My first book, A Light Still Burns: Israel and the Values Worth Defending, was written in response to the barbarity of 7 October 2023. It looked outward. It asked what Israel was facing, what Israel was defending, and why the struggle of the Jewish state could not...
Ever since the Simchat Torah pogrom in southern Israel – some ten months ago – and now what is, in effect, war with Hezbollah in the north – the very existence of the Jewish state is under threat. This not the first time this has happened, by any means....
On Saturday 7 October 2023—which happened to be one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar—approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists from Gaza broke through the Security Barrier and massacred more than 1,200 Israelis
The International Court of Justice is considering the status of the West Bank and East Jerusalem this week. 52 countries are addressing the court. The majority of them are hostile to the existence and security of the Jewish state of Israel.
One of the speakers at the hearings is jurist Andrew Tucker. He is attending the hearings this week at the Peace Palace in The Hague, also called the “temple of peace.” He sees this as a spiritual battle for which urgent prayer is needed.
After recent terrorist attacks in Jenin and Samaria, Israel announced the approval of 1,000 new homes to be built in Eli, Samaria… As expected, Israel received harsh criticism from the international community, including the US
This series has previously mentioned that the San Remo Resolution, which resulted in the Mandate for Palestine that was ratified in July 1922, enshrined into international law the title deed that Almighty God had given to the Hebrew Patriarchs as an everlasting...
Israel is 75 years old. For an individual, that is already an advanced age, a time when one can begin to look back and evaluate a life that began with great dreams and finds itself winding down after years of activity and accomplishments. For a nation, it is a small...
The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc.) is a global network of international law academics, practitioners and experts in related disciplines (history, religion etc.). thinc. was founded in 2017 in The Hague, with the assistance of Christians...
In May this year, many Jews and their friends will celebrate the 75th birthday of the State of Israel. The Jewish State has been violently opposed for over a century, since before it was a physical reality, even back while it was still a political idea.
The White Paper of 1939 was effectively an abrogation of the British Mandate for Palestine.
In a fierce debate in the House of Commons, Winston Churchill, who a year later became Prime Minister, vehemently opposed the White Paper.
Two Months After Election Earthquake, Tsunami Roils Israeli Politics. On January 19, Israel’s Supreme Court barred a member of the new Netanyahu government
The San Remo Conference commenced on 18 April 1920 at the Villa Devachan in the Italian Riviera town of San Remo. As previously mentioned, the San Remo Conference was an addendum to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference specifically to deal with the carve-up of the defeated...
