John Whitbeck

John V. Whitbeck is a Paris-based international lawyer.

A Thought on the Panama Canal and Greenland

A Strategically Timed ICC Arrest Warrant Request

Another Unwelcome ICC Arrest Warrant?

ICC Arrest Warrants: Moral Equivalence?

UN Membership for Palestine Now

American Obeisance

On the ICC’s Announcement of Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas’ Leadership

Israel Faces Justice in The Hague

What Next After the General Assembly Vote?

Two Solutions for the “Question of Palestine”

What is the “Rules-Based-Order”?

On the ICC, Putin, Netanyahu and Prosecutorial Discretion

A Democratic End to Ukraine’s War?

Awaiting China’s Ukraine Peace Plan

The Consequences of “For as Long as It Takes”

A Gratuitous Insult in Jeddah

The Territorial Integrity of States vs. the Self-Determination of Peoples

Napoleon and the Taliban

A Biden Speech to Transform the Middle East

It’s Not American “Aid” to Israel. It’s Tribute.

A Modest Proposal: Resign Now

“Terrorism:” the Indefinable Word

Who’s Afraid of ISIS?

Palestinians Need Hope Not Calm

What If Bibi Wins?

Reflections on the Delegitimization of Israel

Who is Marching Anywhere to Honor Those Killed in Baga?

Pro-Palestine Parliaments

Naftali Bennett’s Wake Up Call to the West

One and Only One Road to Peace for Israel and Palestine

Breaking the Gaza Stalemate

Europe Should Atone for Its Sins

What Destruction of Israel?

On the Jewish State of Israel

Palestine and the One-State Solution

Can Hollande Block the Bombing of Syria?

The EU Directive on the Occupied Territories

Kerry and the Fake Peace Process

Palestine and the ICC

Partitioning the “Two-State Solution”

The State of Palestine Exists

The World Has Spoken

Palestine and the UN

Why Words Matter in the Middle East

America’s Dangerous Game at the UN

Will the US Declare Independence at the UN?

The Shape of Palestinian Statehood

New Language for Middle East Peace

Direct Negotiations

If Kosovo, Why Not Palestine?