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Edmond Levy. (photo: Eyal Warshavsky)
Complicated justice: Must occupation be the litmus test for the Left?
While many remember Supreme Court Justice Edmund Levy, who passed earlier this month, for concluding that there is no occupation of the West Bank, Ofer Sitbon says we must see Levy as an activist judge with a strong sense of justice for the underprivileged. By Ofer Sitbon Everyone had their own Edmund Levy. Since passing…
By Haokets March 29, 2014
Re-thinking the role of international law in the Middle East conflict
The fact that international law supports the two-state paradigm is not sufficient reason to preserve its current role, if at present, international law serves to perpetuate the conflict.  International law is increasingly being applied when deemed relevant to an ideological agenda, and therefore its impact is limited.   By David Hughes In response to former Justice…
By +972 Magazine July 22, 2012
Don’t abandon the legal system in fight against occupation
By Noam Wiener Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy submitted on Monday his report on the legality of settlements in the occupied territories, recommending we change the very language we use to describe the territories, taken by force of arms by the Israeli army in 1967. The report declares, contrary to more than forty years…
By +972 Magazine July 10, 2012
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Retired Israel Justice Edmond Levy's record reveals a state bound by the vision of full civic equality for all (Photo: Eyal Warshavsky)
Report that claims ‘there is no occupation’ presents an opportunity
What is behind the left’s anger at a government commission report that rejects the existence of the occupation? The report presents an opportunity to replace empty political rhetoric and legality with a focus on facts on the ground. By Itamar Mann The Israeli left responded with a mixture of laughter and rage to former Justice…
By +972 Magazine July 10, 2012
Panel appointed by Netanyahu concludes: There is no occupation
The Israeli right celebration of the legal opinion that there is no occupation – written by the Supreme Court Justice that opposed the disengagement – is evidence that public debate has clearly reached a delusional moment. A panel formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded that Israel is entitled to settle the West Bank…
By Noam Sheizaf July 9, 2012
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