The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend a dinner conversation regarding South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Speakers: Bruce Fein, Former Associate Deputy Attorney General
Sam Husseini, Independent Journalist

Moderator: Yasmeen Hussain, Attorney Specializing in International Humanitarian Law

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Event Synopsis: We will examine the importance of South Africa’s landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice – the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. South Africa is accusing Israel of committing the crime of genocide, in breach of the 1948 Genocide Convention, with its destructive military campaign in Gaza. The case details an array of evidence of Israeli war crimes and human rights violations being committed including the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, the expulsion and displacement of Gaza Strip inhabitants, and the hindrance of food, water, medical, and other humanitarian assistance. The event will include discussion regarding the merits of the case, where things stand in the process, and how the prosecution of cases works at both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

Parking: Free parking will be available around the building. We will inform building management about the event and they will not tow. If you wish to take the metro, it is a 7-minute walk from both the Tysons and Greensboro stations.

*A light dinner will be served at the event.

About our Speakers:

Bruce Fein has been a renowned legal-media fixture in Washington, D.C. for more than 50 years across the political spectrum. He featured on Attorney General William French Smith’s short-list of potential nominees to the United States Supreme Court. His unique network extends to all three branches of the government, the media, think tanks, universities, and a cluster of NGOs. Mr. Fein appears regularly on national and international television. His articles on law and public policy are ubiquitous. He conducts constitutional tutorials for Members of Congress and staff. He is Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Republic. He is author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy and American Empire Before The Fall. Mr. Fein served as senior policy advisor to Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign. He contributes daily commentary on his substack page: brucefein.substack.com. His twitter hashtag is @brucefeinesq. He has testified as an expert witness before Congress on more than 200 occasions. He served on the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements. He has lived through every major political-legal battle or crisis since 1969 beginning with the defeats of President Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominees Clement Haynsworth and G. Harold Carswell. Mr. Fein graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and served at the highest levels of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government before establishing his own law firm. Among other things, Mr. Fein served as special assistant to the assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, assistant director of the office of legal policy, associate deputy attorney general, general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, research director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Covert Arms Sales to Iran, and clerk to federal Judge Frank A. Kaufman. Mr. Fein has been a newspaper columnist, professor at George Washington University, and Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Fein specializes in constitutional, international law, civil liberties, and administrative law. He has assisted multiple countries in writing or rewriting constitutions. He offers unique multi-dimensional analyses and solutions for every client. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, multiple federal appeals courts, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia Bar.

Sam Husseini is an independent journalist now writing at husseini.substack.com. Since October 2023, his work has focused on Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, especially highlighting the possibility of a country invoking the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice, which South Africa did on December 29, 2023, leading to oral arguments. In addition to Palestine, his work has focused on Iraq (in particular the draconian sanctions during the 1990s and falsifications about WMDs used as a pretext for the 2003 invasion), international law, U.S. government refusing to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal, Covid origins, political and media disinformation, and issues of free speech. He has scrutinized and questioned officials, most recently at the State Department. His questioning of a Saudi official during the Arab uprisings in 2011 led to him being suspended from the Press Club (later overturned by the ethics committee). He is also senior analyst at the Institute for Public Accuracy, and the founder of VotePact, which advocates people from the left and right voting in pairs against the establishment duopoly.

About our Moderator:

Yasmeen Hussain has an extensive education in international law and human rights, and a career committed to public service. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in international studies with a concentration in human rights, conducting field research in her native Syrian village prior to writing her thesis on the role that minority groups played in mid-century Syrian politics. She also specialized in international humanitarian law while attending American University Washington College of Law, writing research papers on the importance of international special tribunals to prosecute war crimes. She is committed to a life of public service and worked in community development throughout the south side of Chicago, as well as environmental protection and conservation in the state of California. She currently works in legal advising at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

Note: additional speakers may be announced later