Lawfare Project educates foreign ministers on "annexation"

Dear friends,

The Lawfare Project recently sent letters to the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Jordan, and Egypt, seeking to correct their oft-repeated misconceptions about Israeli sovereignty. The letter to the French foreign minister is available here.

The countries recently released a joint statement strongly critical of so-called "annexation" plans. They even threatened to not recognize the unified State of Israel.

As The Lawfare Project has previously explained, the suggestion that Israel is "annexing" territory creates a dangerous and blatantly false narrative. According to international law, Israel has long had the right to administer its sovereign territory as it sees fit.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

In these letters, we urged the foreign ministers to retract their declarations and, instead, stand with Israel in its efforts to build a reunified state. You may have seen that we also recently warned U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that punitive measures against Israel in the event of reunification could violate our nation's laws.

As the legal arm of the Jewish and pro-Israel community, we are fighting a fundamental injustice: the false narrative that skews history and the law to deny the Jewish people their sovereign rights over all of Israel.

None of this would be possible without supporters like you. Thank you for helping The Lawfare Project combat misinformation and false narratives, and advance Jewish rights. We appreciate your commitment to this vital cause.

Sincerely,
Brooke Goldstein
Executive Director, The Lawfare Project