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Articles by Chaim Gans
France Should Follow WWII Rejection of Head of State Immunity
On July 4, 2025, France’s highest court convened in plenary session to hear arguments on whether an arrest warrant against Bashar al-Assad, issued while he was President of Syria, violates head of state immunity. Following the oral arguments, the court announced it would deliver its judgment on July 25, 2025. The international arrest warrant was issued for al-Assad’s alleged role in the infamous August 2013 chemical weapons attacks that killed over 1,400 civilians in Douma and al-Ghouta, Syria.
‘Can’t You See He’s Fooled You All?’: An Open Letter to Peter Gabriel et al explaining why Israel is not a ‘Settler Colonial’ society
100 artists including Ken Loach, Mark Rylance and Susan Sarandon have signed an open letter indicting Israel as an illegitimate ‘settler colonial’ society. Fathom editor Alan Johnson sets out the reasons why it isn’t, in the form of an open letter to one of the signatories, his culture hero Peter Gabriel.
Zionism is about letting Jews live (and die) without humiliation | Opinion
The Jews' right to nationhood in their ancient homeland is actually anchored on two facts based in modernity
Zionism is about letting Jews live (and die) without humiliation
Suppose the Exodus from Egypt had never occurred. Suppose the Romans never exiled the Jews. Suppose also that there had been no Jews in antiquity. Even then, the justification for establishing their nationhood in Israel would be valid along the lines I tried to explain in my article " From rabid Zionism to egalitarian Zionism" (November 9, 2018). Shlomo Sand's response to my arguments (" The twisted logic of the Jewish historic right to Israel," November 16, 2018), misses that central point.
From rabid Zionism to egalitarian Zionism | Opinion
Everyone on the spectrum between Meir Kahane and Meretz shares a common denominator, on the basis of which they are all considered Zionists. This common denominator consists of two tenets. According to one,...
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