{"id":9310,"date":"2017-11-13T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/waving-the-act-based-on-such-threats-invites-further-threats\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:16:01","slug":"waving-the-act-based-on-such-threats-invites-further-threats","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/waving-the-act-based-on-such-threats-invites-further-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Waiving the Act Based on Threats Invites Further Threats&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 8, 2017, head of the international law department at the Kohelet Policy Forum Professor Eugene Kontorovich testified before the Congress at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight &amp; Government Reform, National Security Subcommittee hearing: \u201cMoving the American Embassy to Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Prof. Kontorovich&#8217;s prepared written testimony, titled &#8220;U.S. Policy on Israel Held Hostage by Threats and Outdated Arguments&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/GO\/GO06\/20171108\/106601\/HHRG-115-GO06-Wstate-KontorovichE-20171108.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof. Kontorovich testified in favor of moving the United States Embassy to Jerusalem at a special Congressional hearing of the Subcommittee on National Security.","protected":false},"featured_media":9311,"template":"","article-category":[527,525],"custom-tags":[591,592,579],"ppma_author":[60],"class_list":["post-9310","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article-category-kohelet-channel","article-category-publications","custom-tags-congress","custom-tags-hearing","custom-tags-jerusalem"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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