A new, stupid anti-Israel argument: The Oslo Accords are retroactively illegal

Ralph Wilde, an associate professor at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, writes in OpinioJuris that Israel's presence anywhere beyond the 1949 armistice lines is illegal - not the settlements, but the "occupation" of every square centimeter. It is a classic case where the opinion precedes the evidence, and the evidence is then shoe-horned into the argument.There...

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When do charges of "cultural appropriation" cross the line into antisemitism?

Palestinian Arabs falsely complaining that Israeli Jews are "culturally appropriating" their cuisine have become so common that they are almost a cliche. But at least some of these accusations cross the line from absurd into antisemitism.Here's an article this past weekend from L'Orient Today by Emmanuel Haddad:After hummus, falafel and so many other flagship dishes of...

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