The absolute state of this. 'Don't touch me', he says (while choking someone). Bloody hell.

Interesting times ahead.

Thank heavens for that. Damn close. Phew. #VivaEspaña

#Israel’s Channel 14 reports the ICC arrest warrants for #Netanyahu #Gallant are expected within 2 weeks. It's also claimed the UK's amicus jurisdictional challenge was a quid pro quo with Israel. I can't vouch for the reliability of this info. #Palestine jns.org/icc-warrants-a…

Seriously? #youcouldntmakethisup

Tuchman's fifth case study per Alon Pinkas. In fairness, there have been other candidates since Vietnam, but Israel's settlement project and its ramifications are by any account up there. #moreIsraeliselfharm For Israel, pariah status now beckons haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

It was a pleasure to speak this evening at the European Universities Debating Championships, hosted by Glasgow University Union University of Glasgow - teams from 27 countries attended - congratulations to the finalists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Manchester, Oxford and TrinityCollDublin.

(2/2) Our claim (still in a nutshell): applying parallel classification to the same parties and the same conduct of hostilities is impractical within both the #IHL and #ICL frameworks. Read the full submission: icc-cpi.int/court-record/i…

And here's the rub re. #theICC, #Israel #stateofpalestine and #complementarity: "If PTC I adopted the 'fundamental change' argument, it would have to reconsider the Ukraine situation." ejiltalk.org/complementarit… With thanks to Kai Ambos and EJIL: Talk! for parsing out.

"Aisman’s office said that some months ago, as Israel faced pressure at the [ICJ], the state attorney had looked into launching incitement probes into several public figures, but eventually decided against it." Er, righto then Sigh #moreisraeliselfharm timesofisrael.com/report-state-a…

transcript of the UK Foreign Secretary’s statement to Parliament on arms export licenses to Israel (2 Sept) - via GOV.UK gov.uk/government/spe…

בי נשבעתי, הסרטון הזה יופיע כאן כל יום עד שהנאשם יעוף מכס רה"מ.

Looking forward to arriving in Vilnius, and presenting matina papadaki and I's paper on 'The (Re)characterisation of disputes in parallel proceedings' to the ESIL-SEDI Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals tomorrow morning.

"The gap between Netanyahu's plethora of failures... and the adulation of his base (25 to 33 percent of Israelis) is astounding." haaretz.com/israel-news/20… h/t to Alon Pinkas

Do not have a rabbinical qualification, but I'm somewhat sceptical of the religious bono fides of these folks. And to add: prostration? Is this is a Temple Mount-specific thing (and what about that halachic ban)? #moreisraeliselfharm

Don't know the author, but yes, the "anti-Entebbe government" does seem a pretty fitting epithet for this bunch. #moreisraeliselfharm #undoingthesocialcontractonedeathatatime blogs.timesofisrael.com/cry-the-once-b…

Delighted to spread this news. Professor Dapo Akande is an exceptional international lawyer and member of the prestigious International Law Commission. We will be doing all we can to support his ICJ candidacy.

What can be learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath? I wish to share some personal reflections, with a call to my colleagues in the international legal community for further engagement and discussion. 9/11 will forever be etched in our collective memory. Like