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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The relationship between constitutional law and international law is not only question of legal doctrine. It is a matter of identity and ethos that invites reflect upon how a constitutional community understands its place in the international legal order and the values it seeks to uphold.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I’m pleased to share the publication of my chapter, “The Relationship Between International Law and Constitutional Law in Israel: A Missing Piece in Israel’s Constitutional Framework,” in The Oxford Handbook of the Israeli Constitution (Barak, Medina and Yaniv Roznai Eds).

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The Oxford Handbook of the Israeli Constitution

Abstract. This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot ad

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for inviting me to share my thoughts on the situation in Israel verfassungsblog.de/israel-after...

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Israel after the Ceasefire

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

7.10.2023, the longest day in History. Can’t wait for it to be over.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Passing time, waiting, counting minutes. One thing I felt friends and colleagues abroad didn’t fully get was that as long as there were hostages in Gaza, October 7th was not in the past. Every single day, every single act were overshadowed by the guilt of the abandonment of our brothers and sister.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

On the state of democracy in Israel, in French, this time

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

4. Not long ago, it was Israel who objected to the ICC’s jurisdiction in the situation of Palestine on the grounds, among other things, that recognition of a Palestinian state was contrary to the Oslo Accords which prohibited unilateral action and where still in force, despite violations.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

3. For those arguing that this has always been Israel’s position - there is a difference between a political position put forward within the context of future negotiations, and one that is used *now* as legal ground to justify unilateral actions.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

2. And if the West Bank is now treated by Israel as part of its own territory, how does it explain that Palestinian residents of it do not have equal rights, including the right to vote and freedom of movement?

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

1. With all eyes on Gaza, this bizarre, to say the least, statement by the Netanyahu government passed under the radar. If Israel’s position is now that the West Bank is de Jure part of Israel, what does this is imply for the legal framework of the law of occupation which Isreal itself applies?

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In the midst of everything going on, glad to have had the opportunity to present my work on solidarity and constitutionalism, and advocate the notion of solidarity as one that can do actual work in the constitutional field, with regards to both constitutional design and interpretation.

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Michaela Hailbronner @mhailbronner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We are launching an LL.M. program in Comparative and Global Law @uni-muenster.de, which is one if the top places in Germany to study law in English, w particular strengths in comparative law & legal history.More info below, pls help spread the word! www.jura.uni-muenster.de/de/internati...

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Comparative and Global Law (LL.M.) - Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät WWU Münster

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Eliav Lieblich @eliavl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Our article about the role of legal scholars in counter-populism is now available at ICON. It might have some takeaways for the US now. Bottom line: legal scholars are uniquely positioned to expose untruths about law/institutions, which often form the core of the populist argument. Link in reply

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ICON•S @icon-s.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

📢📝 Applications are now open for the 2025 ICON•S Winter/Summer School!📍 Hosted in Sydney at the G+TCentre from 🗓️ May 15–25, 2025. 📥 Submit your application by January 31. Details: icon-society.org/wintersummer...

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Many thanks to the @ccds-aup.bsky.social for a fantastic conference on “Renewing the Social Contract”, and for the opportunity to present my paper titled: “Is solidarity necessary for democracy? (and if so, what should constitutional law do about it?)”, part of my ongoing project on solidarity

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Comparative constitutional Law questions: for my ongoing project on solidarity and constitutionalism, looking for case law that applies, refers to or interprets the notions of solidarity/fraternity. Any references will be much appreciated!

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Christian Marxsen @chr-marxsen.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Humboldt University Berlin is launching an English-language LL.M. programme! Start: fall 2025 Applications welcome: 1 to 31 March 2025 More information on the programme: humboldt-llm.hu-berlin.de Questions?: int.rewi@hu-berlin.de (or pm)

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Mother and grandmother of Idan Alexander begging for a hostage deal to bring him back home, hours after his video was released.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just arrived in the mail! Happy to contribute a chapter on International human rights and constitutional interpretation - PM if interested - edited by Helmut Aust, @heikekrieger.bsky.social and Felix Lange

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

2. It would be nice if the leaders of the *opposition*, which were quick to condemn the decision and call for “diplomatic measures” against the Court, will at least not fall into this trap.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

1. There are reasons to worry that the government of Israel will manipulate the situation to impose sanctions on anyone that “cooperates with the ICC”, broadly defined, as means to suppress all criticism regarding the war and as a means to limit human right organizations.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Got myself a gift. Old-fashioned, I know.

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

My @verfassungsblog.de blogpost on the gap between the ICJ’s ruling on the duty of states to distinguish between Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli laws which prohibits such distinction, and how this facilitates the extreme right’s settlement project. verfassungsblog.de/author/tamar...

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The ICJ Advisory Opinion and Israeli Law

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Any democratic erosion/democratic decline scholars starter package out there? Seems appropriate :)

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Tamar Hostovsky Brandes @tamarhostovsky.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It seems appropriate that my first post here will be an invitation: join us, the Law Professors Forum for Democracy, for an honest conversation about the role of legal scholars in the fight for democracy, about what worked, what didn’t, and what lies ahead. tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/84154663088

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