The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/robbie-sabel/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:55:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Robbie Sabel | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/robbie-sabel/ 32 32 Pompeo’s settlements speech: Empty rhetoric or prelude to annexation? https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeos-settlements-speech-empty-rhetoric-or-prelude-to-annexation/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:23:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2186555 Experts say new US policy less dramatic than it sounds as it simply reinstates Reagan-era ambiguity on settlements' legal status. Others warn it prejudges final status of West Bank

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]]> Did Netanyahu just endorse the acquisition of territory by force? https://www.timesofisrael.com/did-netanyahu-just-endorse-the-acquisition-of-territory-by-force/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:01:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2045340 As PM asserts Israel can keep land captured in defensive wars, one Israeli legal scholar insists Golan still belongs to Syria, but argues that the West Bank's status is debatable

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]]> What’s in the Israeli legislation that aims to legalize West Bank outposts? https://www.timesofisrael.com/q-and-a-on-the-israeli-legislation-that-aims-to-legalize-west-bank-outposts/ Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:39:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1514304 Does the Regulation Bill presage Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank? Will the Supreme Court strike it down? How will the world react?

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]]> UN’s Gaza report will make the rounds, but won’t put Israelis in the dock https://www.timesofisrael.com/uns-gaza-report-will-make-the-rounds-but-wont-get-israelis-into-the-dock/ Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:03:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1203032 Palestinians will exploit document to the fullest, but since it lacks specific evidence, it won't provide ammunition against IDF at International Criminal Court

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]]> Without US cover at UN, Israel could face diplomatic avalanche https://www.timesofisrael.com/left-alone-at-un-israel-can-ignore-but-not-avoid-diplomatic-fallout/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:52:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1156980 Already violating countless resolutions, Jerusalem has little to fear immediately from a Security Council vote on Palestine. But there would be painful repercussions in the long run

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]]> Palestine at the ICC: A headache Israel might be able to live with https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestine-at-the-icc-a-headache-israel-might-be-able-to-live-with/ Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1114895 War crimes allegations threatened by Abbas could one day produce convictions, but his route ahead is strewn with complex legal obstacles

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]]> US veto at Security Council may no longer be a given https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-veto-at-security-council-veto-may-no-longer-be-a-given/ Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:44:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1086508 With ties growing colder, some in Jerusalem fear Washington's protection at the UN cannot be taken for granted, and that the midterms may further complicate the picture

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]]> Is PM on solid legal ground with his defense of IDF tactics? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-pm-on-solid-legal-ground-with-his-defense-of-idf-tactics-in-gaza/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:07:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1044284&preview_id=1044284 Citing Protocol 1 of the rules of war won't help when it comes to dead children, says expert, but Israel's 'careful' approach would be vindicated in a neutral court

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