Looking at a video my eldest took, of my partner playing happy birthday on the guitar for his twin brothers. The light is golden and they're fooling around. And it hits me: from now on, every family photo or video will forever echo these families shattered on October 7.
The entire Kedem-Siman Tov family was murdered by Hamas five weeks ago today ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ
Parents, Tamar and Yonatan. Six-year-old daughters, Shachar and Arbel, and four-year-old Omer.
Please share widely!
Open letter by Israeli int'l law experts:
The taking of hostages is a blatant violation of int'l law. We call for the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages. Pending their release, they are all entitled to be treated with humanity & respect. >>
๐ขSome news: I am humbled & thrilled to share that I will be joining the
@HebrewU
International Relations department as an associate professor as of this summer, researching and teaching public international law and law & tech. >>
The General Assembly's resolution is a betrayal in the most fundamental principles of the United Nations. Not because it called for a ceasefire, but because it refused to condemn the brutal massacre by Hamas against Israeli civilians (see rejected amendment). An utter disgrace.
So, OK: very happy to share here, too, that I will be joining the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan as a lecturer (TT), starting October.
It's been a long ride. I'm very grateful to everyone who rode along, you know who you are.
โDeath is better than this.โ
Shocking images of starving, emaciated children from inside Gaza are laying bare the desperation inside the strip, as
@nadaabashir
reports.
New article! In โA Theory of Annexationโ
@RonitLevSchnur
@YaelBerda
and I argue that Israelโs new government is annexing the Palestinian territories, and offer a new organizational theory of annexation. A Short thread. >> [1/6]
It's out! In my contribution, โKnowledge Production, Big Data and Data-Driven Customary International Lawโ, I explore whether crowdsourcing data collection, building big datasets and applying computerized analysis methods could democratize the process of finding CIL. >>
Finally out in print! 'Online Activism, Digital Domination and the Rule of Trolls',
@ColumbiaJTL
. I argue that gov oppression through technology is a threat not only to
#privacy
, but more profoundly, to liberty. 1/
Govs using civilians to spy on other civilians, so as to extend their reach and circumvent legal limits on their authority.
In the 2 years I've worked on this article, finally out(!), I had the dubious pleasure of seeing the concerns is raises materialize in the autocratic plans>
Israeli minister in defence and finance minister Smotrich tonight:
โMoments before redemption, we must not hesitate. We must destroy Rafah, Nusseirat, & Dir al-Balah 'wipe out the memory of Amalek! โฆThere's no half- measure. Rafah, Dir al-Balah Nusseirat absolute destruction!โ
My article โMethodological Individualismโ, forthcoming in
@HarvardILJ
, is now up on SSRN: . It advocates a turn to โconstructivist methodological individualismโ: studying the making, implementation and breaking of int'l law by ordinary, individual people.
Israelis have fought like lions for their democracy and are vindicated by this ruling. The struggle must now turn to ousting this hideous government and striving with all our courage for peace with the Palestinians
13 out of 15 judges of the Supreme Court of Israel, in a 738 page long judgment, hold that the court has the authority to strike down basic laws, and in a majority of 8-7 decides that the constitutional amendment abolishing the โreasonablenessโ is unconstitutional.
Welcome to Twitter
@IsrLawProfDemo
, the English language account of the Israeli Law Professors Forum for Democracy (
@lawprofsforum
).
Follow us for legal analysis on Israel's current constitutional crisis, the gov's so-called judicial overhaul and more.
I couldn't bring myself to leave my family and travel to the ASIL MYM this year. I'm glad that
@YShereshevsky
did, because he accurately describes how deeply disappointing & disillusioning the responses of many in the int'l law community were after Oct 7
As we're wrapping up
#ASILAM
on Personalizing International Law, it seems appropriate to recall attention to 'Methodological Individualism' (
@HarvardILJ
,, 2019) where I call for IL research and practice to recognize the central role of individual people in the everyday life of IL
My article โMethodological Individualismโ, forthcoming in
@HarvardILJ
, is now up on SSRN: . It advocates a turn to โconstructivist methodological individualismโ: studying the making, implementation and breaking of int'l law by ordinary, individual people.
Dear reviewer, dear student, dear colleague, we are fighting like hell. For months, everything else has been pushed aside, your email included. Apologies. The end is not nearly in sight, but we cannot afford to do anything else.
Dear reviewer, I apologize for taking longer than expected, but a misogynistic, homophobic, racist government tries to cancel democracy for good and we are busy fighting for our children's future. Hopefully we can complete the suggested experiments soon.
I was today years old when I first learned that there was a time (1956-1985) when Israel recognized the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ.
It's almost impossible to believe that this was ever politically possible here.
Call for papers!
The 2022 annual symposium of Law & Ethics of Human Rights will be dedicated to "Crowdsourcing and the Decline of the Individual".
I'm thrilled to co-convene the workshop w
@shellykre
.
We welcome proposals from scholars of all disciplines. Please share widely!
We woke up at 6am this Saturday and took our kids of 9, 6, 6 yo to join the March on Jerusalem in the sweltering heat, together with many other thousands of pro-democracy protesters. This is a fight for our lives, for their lives. We will never give up!
The Israeli public showed up today in multitudes to STOP this madness. No to
@netanyahu
's government plan to demolish the judicial system and every democratic check and balance in place.
๐ฅNew paper alert: โCrowdwashing Surveillance; Crowdsourcing Dominationโ
I theorize govs' โcrowdwashingโ of surveillance: crowdsourcing info from citizens about citizens i/o to circumvent constitutional constraints & disguise the source of surveillance. ๐งต
๐ฅJust published: A New
#AJIL_andUnbound
symposium on Feminism and International Law, celebrating 30 years to the seminal Charlesworth, Chinkin and Wright AJIL Article. ๐งต(1/x) >>
The latest
#AJILUnbound
symposium is now available online: "Feminist Approaches to International Law Thirty Years on: Still Alienating Oscar?", feat. essays by
@ProfCatherine
, Adrien Wing,
@kengle4
, Ratna Kapur,
@karimabennoune
, and Patricia Viseur Sellers
Thrilled to participate in the 'Surveillance, Democracy and the Rule of Law' workshop at the beautiful campus of
@EUI_EU
. My paper discusses states' practice of 'Crowdsourcing Domination'.
Save the date!
@TAU_Law
International Law Workshop is hosting a virtual roundtable on 'Global Health Governance, Sovereignty and Human Rights in the Shadow of COVID-19' on Mon, 27/4, 16:15 w/
@saribashi
@AeyalGross
@PAVLMex
&
@AE_Yamin
, moderated by
@eliavl
& myself. Link below
#Democratic_disruption
.
Tens of thousands of Israelis didn't go to work today, instead taking part in a day of disruption, in protest against the
@netanyahu
government's autocratic coup
Week 27 (28? who knows).
The bill eliminating courts' power to review unreasonable gov action passed on first reading yesterday and more to come.
We have been on the streets since early morning & into the night. It should be clear to anyone paying attention, we will not give up
Week 20. 9yo and I are here today, again, with so many others to tell
@netanyahu
that we see right through his gov's lies. We will not stand down until democracy is secured.
REMINDER: the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case
#SouthAfrica
v.
#Israel
will open tomorrow, Thursday 11 January 2024, at 10 a.m. (The Hague). Watch it live on
@UNWebTV
at
150K+ at the gates of the Knesset to demand the mandate back from the worst government in the history of Israel.
END the war!
Bring them back, all of them, NOW!
Call elections, now!
SOUTH AFRICA APPROACHES THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE UNDER THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTS COMMITTED BY ISRAEL IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS ATTACKS ON GAZA
South Africa is gravely concerned with the plight of civilians caught in the present Israeli attacks on the
My
@opiniojuris
post in defense of 'constructivist methodological individualismโ in int'l law scholarship. Introducing a forthcoming
@HarvardILJ
article, I call for more attention to practice, breach & development of int'l law by ordinary individuals.
A 10 months old is held hostage by terrorists for almost two months along w 240 others while the entire country is suffering daily barrages of rocket attacks. Oh famed international lawyers, tell me again how the attack has been long since been repelled