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A new bill in #Israel seeks to introduce a mandatory death penalty for killings with the intent to "harm the State of Israel and the revival of the Jewish people in its land."
It's a troubling departure from established penal principles,
@itamann.bsky.social argues.
It's a troubling departure from established penal principles,
@itamann.bsky.social argues.
Israel's New Death Penalty Bill: It's about Revenge
A new bill aims to introduce a mandatory death penalty for acts of terrorism against Israel. It would mark a troubling departure from established penal principles.
www.lto.de
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A new bill in #Israel seeks to introduce a mandatory death penalty for killings with the intent to "harm the State of Israel and the revival of the Jewish people in its land."
It's a troubling departure from established penal principles,
@itamann.bsky.social argues.
It's a troubling departure from established penal principles,
@itamann.bsky.social argues.
Reposted by Itamar Mann
Ein neues Gesetz will "Terror gegen Israel" mit der Todesstrafe belegen, um die "Wiederbelebung des jüdischen Volkes in seinem Land" zu schützen. @itamann.bsky.social warnt vor den Folgen – für Palästinenser wie für die israelische Gesellschaft.
Gesetzentwurf zu Todesstrafe: Gefährliche Wende in Israel
Ein neues Gesetz will 'Terror gegen Israel' mit der Todesstrafe belegen, um die 'Wiederbelebung des jüdischen Volkes' zu schützen. Eine Warnung vor den Folgen.
www.lto.de
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ein neues Gesetz will "Terror gegen Israel" mit der Todesstrafe belegen, um die "Wiederbelebung des jüdischen Volkes in seinem Land" zu schützen. @itamann.bsky.social warnt vor den Folgen – für Palästinenser wie für die israelische Gesellschaft.
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To be clear: this bill.goes well beyond the legislation currently in force in France.
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...
montreal.citynews.ca
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
To be clear: this bill.goes well beyond the legislation currently in force in France.
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This is murder. I recommend this excellent discussion with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/122950/podca...
The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part III
Tess Bridgeman is joined by Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane to assess how the campaign has evolved and what to expect moving forward.
www.justsecurity.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is murder. I recommend this excellent discussion with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social @becingber.bsky.social @bcfinucane.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/122950/podca...
Can the em dash be rescued?
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Can the em dash be rescued?
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Chat, is it too woke to know when people are food insecure? 🤔
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Chat, is it too woke to know when people are food insecure? 🤔
In the runup to #ESIL25, Johanne Breum Jacobsen and William Sass interviewed me for Information about an earlier @verfassungsblog.de editorial. The piece just came out, and it is great to see such deep engagement in Danish public debate (the English autotranslation works beautifully).
Series ahead!
Series ahead!
This year’s @esil-sedi.bsky.social conference sets the stage and features MOBILE’s own @itamann.bsky.social. The article in Danish is linked below but for a longer exposé of Itamar’s point in English see his post on Verfassungsblog: verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...
Skal folkeretten reformeres eller revolutioneres? I Berlin ledte verdens førende eksperter efter en vej ud af krisen
Den internationale retsorden er flere gange blevet erklæret død, men med ødelæggelserne i Gaza lader fortvivlelsen til at have nået nye højder
eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
In the runup to #ESIL25, Johanne Breum Jacobsen and William Sass interviewed me for Information about an earlier @verfassungsblog.de editorial. The piece just came out, and it is great to see such deep engagement in Danish public debate (the English autotranslation works beautifully).
Series ahead!
Series ahead!
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call for special issues @migrationjrnl.bsky.social academic.oup.com/migration/pa...
2025 Call for Special Issue Proposals
Deadline: 15 December 2025
Migration Studies is now accepting Special Issue proposals. The journal typically publishes one call for special issues pe
academic.oup.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
call for special issues @migrationjrnl.bsky.social academic.oup.com/migration/pa...
NYTs bothsidesism on acts of murder is truly impressive
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
NYTs bothsidesism on acts of murder is truly impressive
Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
A jury in the #USA found BNP Paribas - a French bank - liable for #atrocities committed by the regime of Omar Al-Bashir in #Sudan
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
The 3 plaintiffs in the case were awarded $20.75m in damages, as the bank was held to have helped prop up the Al-Bashir regime during the 2000s.
aje.io/8zwssr
US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas complicit in Sudan atrocities
The French banking giant said the ruling by a jury in New York was 'clearly wrong' and that it plans to appeal.
aje.io
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Human rights victory! Or maybe just more evidence that courts will pursue accountability only when the underlying political issue is literally dead
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SRM #5 is live!
🧵Here are some of the major stories, many of them exclusives:
🧵Here are some of the major stories, many of them exclusives:
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
SRM #5 is live!
🧵Here are some of the major stories, many of them exclusives:
🧵Here are some of the major stories, many of them exclusives:
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A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.
This just in: Today, we’re releasing our response to the weaponization of antisemitism by the Trump administration and Project Esther.
The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.
The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.
Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.
Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...
forward.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.
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The Home Secretary is now planning to find a way to criminalise the "cumulative effect" of protest.
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Home Secretary is now planning to find a way to criminalise the "cumulative effect" of protest.
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On this day, Sept 30 2000, Muhammad al-Durra was killed on camera.
I was 9 years old. On this day I understood the lives of Palestinian children were considered cheap by many.
If only we knew that we would go on to watch thousands of children die on our screens.
I was 9 years old. On this day I understood the lives of Palestinian children were considered cheap by many.
If only we knew that we would go on to watch thousands of children die on our screens.
September 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On this day, Sept 30 2000, Muhammad al-Durra was killed on camera.
I was 9 years old. On this day I understood the lives of Palestinian children were considered cheap by many.
If only we knew that we would go on to watch thousands of children die on our screens.
I was 9 years old. On this day I understood the lives of Palestinian children were considered cheap by many.
If only we knew that we would go on to watch thousands of children die on our screens.
Reposted by Itamar Mann
Terrifying: U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Terrifying: U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
They heard me
Recognition of Palestine is welcome, but the time has come for more direct measures. States should consider e.g. naval escorts for the Sumud flotilla. Israel has no legal right to block humanitarian aid while committing genocide.
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
They heard me
Reposted by Itamar Mann
Itamar Mann, Professor at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law:
“The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“
LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)
“The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“
LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)
International Law Experts: Genocide in Gaza?
Does Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitute genocide? LTO asked eleven international law experts. After 22 months of war, a clear tendency is emerging.
www.lto.de
September 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Itamar Mann, Professor at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law:
“The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“
LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)
“The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“
LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)
Trump speech reminded me of Ronald Dworkin's old quip that drawing lots may be better than voting for the selection of public officials.
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump speech reminded me of Ronald Dworkin's old quip that drawing lots may be better than voting for the selection of public officials.
Recognition of Palestine is welcome, but the time has come for more direct measures. States should consider e.g. naval escorts for the Sumud flotilla. Israel has no legal right to block humanitarian aid while committing genocide.
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Recognition of Palestine is welcome, but the time has come for more direct measures. States should consider e.g. naval escorts for the Sumud flotilla. Israel has no legal right to block humanitarian aid while committing genocide.
Hiroshima paradigm (popular myth): the greater the violence a government uses, the quicker it is able to end hostilities.
Gaza paradigm (hypothesis): the greater the violence a government uses, the longer the hostilities will end up lasting.
Gaza paradigm (hypothesis): the greater the violence a government uses, the longer the hostilities will end up lasting.
September 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hiroshima paradigm (popular myth): the greater the violence a government uses, the quicker it is able to end hostilities.
Gaza paradigm (hypothesis): the greater the violence a government uses, the longer the hostilities will end up lasting.
Gaza paradigm (hypothesis): the greater the violence a government uses, the longer the hostilities will end up lasting.
Suicidal Cultural Genocide in “Super Sparta”: substack.com/@itamarmann/...
September 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Suicidal Cultural Genocide in “Super Sparta”: substack.com/@itamarmann/...
Watch this interview with Dr. Mohammed Saqr. As Israeli tanks push tonight into Gaza City, the South Part of the Strip, where he is located, is projected to become even more crowded with displaced people who have lost everything.
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mo...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mo...
“Shame on Humanity”: Gaza Doctor Pleads with World to Stop Israel’s Genocide
As Israel continues its campaign to erase Gaza City by systematically bombing residential buildings, schools, homes and tent encampments, we speak with Dr. Mohammed Saqr, the director of nursing at Na...
www.democracynow.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Watch this interview with Dr. Mohammed Saqr. As Israeli tanks push tonight into Gaza City, the South Part of the Strip, where he is located, is projected to become even more crowded with displaced people who have lost everything.
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mo...
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mo...
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“The decision to blow up the boat and kill everyone onboard when interdiction and detention was a clearly available option is manifestly illegal and immoral" -- sad have to make such an obvious point, but here we are.
Read the whole piece: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Read the whole piece: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Analysis: Trump claims he can do anything he wants with the military. Here’s what the law says | CNN Politics
Having rebranded the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the president is going on offense with the US military.
www.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The decision to blow up the boat and kill everyone onboard when interdiction and detention was a clearly available option is manifestly illegal and immoral" -- sad have to make such an obvious point, but here we are.
Read the whole piece: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Read the whole piece: www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/p...
Reflecting on what it means to research & teach international law in an Israeli university today, while spending time away from my home institution & academic community. Grateful to Völkerrechtsblog for inviting me to share these early thoughts. voelkerrechtsblog.org/who-gets-to-...
Who Gets to Speak in the Israeli University?
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reflecting on what it means to research & teach international law in an Israeli university today, while spending time away from my home institution & academic community. Grateful to Völkerrechtsblog for inviting me to share these early thoughts. voelkerrechtsblog.org/who-gets-to-...
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"The banality of evil in the Gaza war is not embodied in malicious individuals but in the routine work of jurists who authorized orders for air strikes that have led to the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians while relying on International Humanitarian Law."
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
They studied law, opposed Netanyahu – and now approve Israeli army's mass killings in Gaza
For Years, the Israeli Army's Military Advocate General's Corps Sought to Assure the World, and Itself, That Its Legal Oversight Prevented Worse Outcomes in Wartime. Today, That Claim Rings Hollow
www.haaretz.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The banality of evil in the Gaza war is not embodied in malicious individuals but in the routine work of jurists who authorized orders for air strikes that have led to the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians while relying on International Humanitarian Law."
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...
www.haaretz.com/magazine/202...