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From Headlines to Courtrooms: How Narratives Become Lawfare with Natasha Hausdorff
Barrister. Advocate. Relentless explainer of the law.
London-based attorney Natasha Hausdorff joins the Algemeiner to unpack how international law and media narratives are weaponized against Israel — and what ordinary people can do about it.
From elite London classrooms to Oxford law and Skadden, Hausdorff describes discovering how international law was being inverted to attack the Jewish state. She dissects the Al-Ahli hospital misreporting, the ICJ’s oft-misread provisional-measures order (“plausible rights,” not “plausible genocide”), and the ICC’s jurisdictional overreach. The conversation ranges from the UN’s structural bias to Israel’s judicial reform debate — and why refusing to engage legislatively breaks democracies.
For listeners hungry to help, Hausdorff offers a practical brief: raise literacy in international law, challenge falsehoods, write, call, show up — and do it with confidence. This isn’t just Israel’s fight, she argues; it’s a defense of Western liberal values.
Chapter Breakdown
00:00 – Modern Blood Libels & Lawfare
01:26 – Host Intro: Why This Conversation Now
04:40 – Meet Natasha & Her Algemeiner Connection
05:20 – London Upbringing, Israeli Roots & Discovering Lawfare
08:42 – The Only Zionist in School: UK Antisemitism & Ignorance
13:58 – How Ordinary People Can Fight Back with Law & Literacy
18:43 – Antisemitic Attack in DC & The “Death Cult” in the West
24:46 – Media War, Gaza Narratives & the Al-Ahli Hospital Lie
34:34 – ICJ Genocide Case, “Plausible Rights” & Legal Misrepresentation
42:59 – Lawfare, ICC, UN & the Battle for the Rule of Law
51:10 – Israel’s Judicial Reform, Democracy & Unity After Oct 7
58:13 – October 7th, “Both Hands Tied” & Renewed Resolve
1:04:27 – Life as a Barrister, Time Pressure & Personal Reflections
You can find the condensed transcript & summary of this episode and more episodes at
https://open.substack.com/pub/thealgemeiner/p/from-headlines-to-courtrooms-how?r=5m0oyd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This episode of "The J100 Podcast" was produced by David Taragin.
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By The AlgemeinerBarrister. Advocate. Relentless explainer of the law.
London-based attorney Natasha Hausdorff joins the Algemeiner to unpack how international law and media narratives are weaponized against Israel — and what ordinary people can do about it.
From elite London classrooms to Oxford law and Skadden, Hausdorff describes discovering how international law was being inverted to attack the Jewish state. She dissects the Al-Ahli hospital misreporting, the ICJ’s oft-misread provisional-measures order (“plausible rights,” not “plausible genocide”), and the ICC’s jurisdictional overreach. The conversation ranges from the UN’s structural bias to Israel’s judicial reform debate — and why refusing to engage legislatively breaks democracies.
For listeners hungry to help, Hausdorff offers a practical brief: raise literacy in international law, challenge falsehoods, write, call, show up — and do it with confidence. This isn’t just Israel’s fight, she argues; it’s a defense of Western liberal values.
Chapter Breakdown
00:00 – Modern Blood Libels & Lawfare
01:26 – Host Intro: Why This Conversation Now
04:40 – Meet Natasha & Her Algemeiner Connection
05:20 – London Upbringing, Israeli Roots & Discovering Lawfare
08:42 – The Only Zionist in School: UK Antisemitism & Ignorance
13:58 – How Ordinary People Can Fight Back with Law & Literacy
18:43 – Antisemitic Attack in DC & The “Death Cult” in the West
24:46 – Media War, Gaza Narratives & the Al-Ahli Hospital Lie
34:34 – ICJ Genocide Case, “Plausible Rights” & Legal Misrepresentation
42:59 – Lawfare, ICC, UN & the Battle for the Rule of Law
51:10 – Israel’s Judicial Reform, Democracy & Unity After Oct 7
58:13 – October 7th, “Both Hands Tied” & Renewed Resolve
1:04:27 – Life as a Barrister, Time Pressure & Personal Reflections
You can find the condensed transcript & summary of this episode and more episodes at
https://open.substack.com/pub/thealgemeiner/p/from-headlines-to-courtrooms-how?r=5m0oyd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This episode of "The J100 Podcast" was produced by David Taragin.