Global impunity for international law violations in the Palestinian territories undermines the entire international multilateral order.

“what has happened in the past 16 months risks to be a nail in the coffin in a multilateral order premised upon respect of international law as a system of rules as a system of mechanisms that are universally agreed upon and universally respected.”

Yishai Fleisher should be prosecuted under international law for his role in illegal settlements in occupied territory.

“you're a war criminal because you are illegally settling in occupied Palestinian territory you should be prosecuted under international law as a war criminal that is”

Most international law experts believe the current US military actions in Iran violate the UN charter because they do not meet the criteria of self-defense or security council authorization.

“The framework that's laid out in the UN charter is essentially that you can use force if an armed attack occurs and then there's a kind of secondary question about what if it's about to occur about the imminence dimension of that or you can use force if the security council authorizes it and those a”

He claims that the Trump administration's attacks on boats off the coast of Venezuela are likely illegal and violate international law.

“Well, I mean, first of all, it's probably not even legal. I mean, he's probably violating international law.”

He maintains that any actions taken regarding Hamas or Israel must comply with international law.

“I'm going to have opinions about the future of Hamas and Israel beyond the question of justice and safety and the fact that anything has to abide by international law and that applies to Hamas. That applies to the Israeli military, applies to anyone you could ask me about.”

International law is often abused and misrepresented in current discourse, particularly regarding terms like genocide and occupation which have no legal basis when applied to Israel.

“I think the first thing to understand is the context for the use of both genocide, apartheid, and many other uh terms that have a legal origin but no legal basis in terms of their application to Israel. I'd say no legal or factual basis and the reasons that these terms are being deployed.”

Reliance on international bodies for approval of military actions against aggressive regimes like Iran is a sign of weakness and intellectual failure.

“Yes. If we don't have Myanmar's approval of a military strike on the Ayatollas or China's, which for I mean if there is one country I need approval from, it is China currently oppressing a billion people or Russia which is currently engaged in an aggressive war of conquest in Ukraine”