Eugene Kontorovich

Eugene Kontorovich is a professor at the George Mason University Scalia Law School and the director of its Center on the Middle East and International Law. He is also the head of the international law department at the Kohelet Policy Forum, a think tank in Jerusalem.

The Ugly Lessons of October 7
The bloodier the terror attacks, the more stark the eliminationist rhetoric, the more support for a Palestinian state
byEugene Kontorovich
Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal
A response to Nathaniel Berman
byEugene Kontorovich
The Biden Administration Redefines Antisemitism
And excludes today’s most pernicious form of Jew-hatred
byEugene Kontorovich
BDS: Russia vs. Israel
The two cases have little in common, other than a general lack of seriousness about U.S. foreign policy
byEugene Kontorovich
The Assault on Israel’s Constitution
The Supreme Court bizarrely seeks to destroy its own brainchild
byEugene KontorovichandShimon Nataf
The Problem With Using the Tax Code to Punish Israeli Settlements
Why J Street’s push to revoke tax exemptions for groups supporting Jewish communities in the West Bank is unconstitutional
byEugene Kontorovich
A Palestinian State Free of Jews?
A legal view into Netanyahu’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ speech
byEugene Kontorovich
Why Critics of Israel’s New NGO ‘Transparency Law’ Are Wrong
The Knesset passed a law on Monday requiring local NGOs that receive more than half of their funding from foreign governments to disclose this information
byEugene Kontorovich
How One of the BDS Movement’s Alleged ‘Victories’ Became One of Its Worst Defeats
Anti-BDS laws forced security contractor G4S to publicly repudiate the Israel boycott movement and commit to working with the Jewish state for years to come
byEugene Kontorovich
Can States Fund BDS?
Is banning the use of public money to support companies that boycott Israel unconstitutional and illegal?
byEugene Kontorovich