IN THE MEDIA
October 12, 2025
The war in Gaza may be heading to end and the hostages finally coming home, but justice must prevail and the real genocide was always the one perpetrated against Israel on Oct 7.
Read more in this National Post op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and Alan Kessel, former Assistant Deputy Minister Legal Affairs and Legal Adviser at Global Affairs Canada
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October 7, 2025
ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky writes in The Daily Telegraph how from Manchester to Sydney, the same crowd of agitators and hungry mobs reappear, feeding off Jewish pain, while trying to mask their echoing of Hamas’ propaganda, by calling it ‘solidarity’, or a ‘march for humanity’.
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September 21, 2025
A new report by The International Legal Forum and the National Jewish Advocacy Center exposes the Hind Rajab Foundation's ties to Hezbollah and terror-financing operations. The "foundation" is accused of systematically weaponizing international courts to target Israeli soldiers and veterans.
September 8, 2025
“It is imperative to stress that under international law, primarily the Montevideo Convention of 1933, statehood requires a permanent population, defined territory, effective governance, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. The Palestinians meet none of these criteria" explained ILF.
September 10, 2025
"Qatar is no Mother Theresa, but were providing safe harbor for Hamas. And just as the United States were right to take out bin Laden in Pakistan, so too was Israel absolutely justified under international law to target Hamas leaders in Doha."
September 5, 2025
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"Words matter. So does law. Genocide is not a political football. When it is maliciously wielded against Israel, it demeans the victims of real genocides and undermines the integrity of international law itself."
Read more in this article by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and world's leading urban warfare expert, John Spencer, in response to the false and baseless accusations of the so-called 'International Association of Genocide Scholars'.
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August 12, 2025
Op-Ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky in the Australian, on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recognition of a Palestinian state, just days after Hamas forced Israeli hostage to dig his graves in Gaza.
August 5, 2025
ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, writing in the Daily Telegraph on his experience in Gaza, seeing the humanitarian aid just sitting there waiting for collection and calling on the UN, international agencies and the press to stop amplifying Hamas propaganda and weaponizing hunger!
July 18, 2025
Op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, in the Jewish Chronicle: The international community cannot continue treating Syrian President al-Sharra as a legitimate partner for peace, while turning a blind eye to the atrocities that are being committing in Sweida.
June 28, 2025
Op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and leading urban warfare expert John Spencer: "Israel proved once again that resolve backed by capability is unbeatable. It came out stronger. More united. And more respected. Israel didn’t just defend its citizens. It made the entire world safer."
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June 22, 2025
"Critics accuse Israel, and the United States, of destabilising the region and acting outside the bounds of international law. But the facts — and the law — tell a very different story." ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, writing in the Australian Financial Review.
June 13, 2025
ILF's CEO Arsen Ostrovsky explains in this National Post article that "This was not an act of aggression by Israel, but a lawful act of self-defence and a last resort against the genocidal regime in Tehran, which has, for decades, vowed to destroy the world’s only Jewish state — and now stood on the cusp of doing so."
June 3, 2025
The new US-Israel Gaza aid plan is working! It is bypassing Hamas and delivering aid directly to those who need it — which is why Hamas is spreading lies and trying to sabotage it.
May 22, 2025
ILF's CEO Arsen Ostrovsky writing in the National Post, following the horrific murder of two Israeli Embassy employees: "The brutal reality is that such an act of utter violence was the logical and horrific consequence of a relentless campaign of demonization, disinformation and delegitimization against the Jewish state — led not by fringe extremists alone, but by western governments and institutions."
May 4, 2025
Op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and leading urban warfare expert John Spencer, who write that, in the wake of the Houthis strike against Ben-Gurion Airport, which was a clear war crime and crime of aggression, that neither Israel, nor any nation can possibly tolerate a drib-drab of ballistic missiles against its civilians and key infrastructure.
Ostrovsky and Spencer also note that: the common thread that weaves all this together, is the Iranian regime pulling the terror strings from Tehran.
April 22, 2025
New Op-ed in Newsweek by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, together with ILF Global Advisory Board Members John Spencer (Head of Urban Warfare at West Point) and Dr. Brian Cox (Ret. U.S. Army Judge Advocate) about the tragic Gaza ambulance incident last month, and why the IDF is acting as any military in a democracy should!
April 17, 2025
Op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and urban warfare expert John Spencer on why Israel’s forced war in Gaza is just and necessary, contrary to the misinformed and ignorant voices, seeking to weaponize international law against the Jewish state.
As they add, "the IDF operates under one of the most stringent legal and ethical frameworks in modern warfare … and has demonstrated an unprecedented commitment to minimizing harm to civilians in Gaza.”
April 7, 2025
"We need to be crystal clear: Qatar likes to present itself as an honest broker and partner for peace, but the reality is entirely different. Doha is an enabler of Islamic extremism, the primary patron of Hamas and the leading purveyor of anti-Western propaganda through its sponsorship of Al Jazeera.
Britain’s pandering to Qatar, therefore, while lecturing Israel on compliance with international law, is not only a moral contradiction, but a glaring policy failure that undermines Britain's own nat’l security interest."
March 31, 2025
After ILF exposed Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the Int’l Criminal Court urging the EU to help circumvent U.S. sanctions imposed by President Trump, now she too might be sanctioned (together with MEPs who support this), alongside ICC Prosecutor Khan!
ILF: "We call on President Trump to immediately sanction Judge Akane, as well as any Member of the European Parliament or EU member state or institution, found to be materially assisting the ICC in these warrants against the Israeli leaders.”
March 25, 2025
In groundbreaking lawsuit, the ILF, working with the National Jewish Advocacy Center on behalf of Oct 7th victims and hostage families, has filed a major lawsuit against in the United States, against Mahmoud Khalil and anti-Israel groups at Columbia University for "aiding and abetting" Hamas and effectively serving as their "in-house public relations firm."
March 10, 2025
ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and Attorney Mark Goldfeder have written an op-ed in Newsweek making the case that Israel's actions in halting aid to Gaza are entirely just and legitimate under international law, in circumstances where that aid is being diverted by Hamas and used for military purposes and the ongoing captivity of Israeli hostages.
February 8, 2025
Here’s why it’s legal for the U.S. to take over Gaza and relocate its people.
ILF was interviewed in Ynet, about why President Trump's Gaza relocation plan is entirely legal and that those preventing Gazans from leaving are the ones actually violating international law, by forcing them to stay in an active war zone and continue to be used as human shields by Hamas.
December 5, 2024
ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky and John Spencer, have written an op-ed in Newsweek, slamming Amnesty International, over their outrageous report reinvening the meaning of genocide to accuse Israel over their actions in Gaza. As Ostrovsky and Spencer note, if anyone ought to be guilty of genocide here, it is Hamas, over what they inflicted on Oct 7th, not the IDF, who have gone above and beyond to comply with international humanitarian law and avoid harm to civilians.
December 2, 2024
It is simply unfathomable that the 'game' Fursan al-Aqsa, which encourages users to recreate Oct 7th massacre, is being sold in Canada through Steam. This is just utter sadism. May also violate Canada’s anti-terror legislation & Criminal Code, as we note in this National Post article. It is all the more inexplicable that it could still be sold in Canada, especially at a time when the threat of terror and violence against Jewish community is already at an all time high.
November 29, 2024
The ILF is quoted in this Jewish Chronicle article on new revelations of gross anti-Israel bias by the Special Advisors to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, only further underscoring the already grave concerns about the court's lack of impartiality and undermining of the very international legal order.
November 1, 2024
ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky writing in the National Post: ‘Why is Canada welcoming an antisemitic, terror-supporting UN official? Francesca Albanese is an unrepentant antisemite and Hamas apologist. There should be zero tolerance for her hatred and the Canadian government should unequivocally condemn Albanese and say she is not welcome in Canada.
May 6, 2024
"Quite frankly, enough is enough! Groups like SJP have become the arm of Hamas on campus. They are not mere 'advocacy organizations', but collaborators and propagandists for Hamas and we need to hold them accountable."
March 12, 2024
“There can be no more ifs, buts or maybes. UNRWA has become an inseparable arm of Hamas and a systematic incubator of hate, incitement, and terror.”
December 14, 2023
NY Post article on our demand to Columbia University to once and for all ban the pro-Hamas antisemitic hate groups SJP & JVP, following their latest call for genocide against Jews.
Especially in the wake of the devastating Congressional hearing last week on antisemitism, Universities must show decisive leadership against Jew hatred and incitement on campus!
October 10, 2023
"Hamas is not the salvation army. They are a depraved, bloodthirsty Iranian-backed terrorist group, sworn to Israel's destruction, that parades kidnapped women, children & elderly. Israel, like UK, will do whatever necessary to defend its citizens." ~ ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky on Sky News
October 5, 2023
Read this op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky, calling out the American Branch of the International Law Association for presenting their top award to Navi Pillay, a senior UN official who has repeatedly abused her platform to attack Israel & whitewash Palestinian terror under guise of international law.
October 3, 2023
Intersectionality originally emerged as a framework to promote social justice and address the complexities of oppression faced by individuals from marginalized groups. However, today it has also become weaponized as a tool to delegitimize Israel and exclude Jews.
See more in this Ynet op-ed by ILF's Head of Operations Asher Stern on the dangers of intersectionality, and how institutions and organizations can actively prevent, including through legal means, its misuse to spread antisemitic hate.
September 29, 2023
An Op-ed by ILF CEO Arsen Ostrovsky in the wake of the UPenn controversy, on how if universities truly want to pursue DEI ('Diversity, Equity and Inclusion') Policy, it is time Jewish students were included in this discussion and academic freedom no longer used as an excuse for Jew hatred.
September 19, 2023
On 22-24 Sept, the University of Pennsylvania is set to host an event called 'Palestine Writes'. However, this is not a celebration of literature, but a festival of hate, antisemitism and terror.
As a recipient of federal funds, UPenn is also bound by its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, including prevention of hostile and discriminatory environments for Jewish students.
Read our Open Letter to the President of the University of Pennsylvania demanding immediate action.