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Grant Arthur GochinThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
A society morally reckons with atrocity when it does more than condemn a single act of violence — when it asks what prejudices, benefits, silences,...
If an American tourist visits Lithuania, walks through the state’s genocide museum—a museum dedicated almost entirely to Soviet crimes against...
On Passover, Jews recite Dayenu — a hymn of cumulative gratitude. Had God only brought us out of Egypt but not split the sea, it would have been...
On August 16, 1941, Į laisvę published a feature titled “Grąžinkim garbę Senamiesčiui” — “Let us restore honor to the Old Town.” It...
Lithuania is prosecuting Artur Fridman for what he said about partisans. That is the simplest way to state the issue, and it is already damning. I...
Lithuania’s favorite defense is chronological. The Germans came. The occupation began. The machinery of extermination followed. Therefore, whatever...
In “The Impossibility of Ignorance,” I argued that Lithuania asks the world to believe Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas did not know what was happening...
In 2018, while already a member of NATO and the European Union, Lithuania’s Parliament (Seimas) formally recognized Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas as...
Lies persist where they are useful. They harden where they are profitable. They become policy where a state has decided it will not surrender what...
Nineteen states filed formal declarations before the International Court of Justice asserting that denial of self-determination constitutes a...
On March 15, 2026, the South African government issued a formal statement to the International Court of Justice declaring that Israel’s conduct...
Each March 15, Lithuania asks the world to watch it honor rescuers of Jews. That ceremony is supposed to project moral seriousness. It projects...
A state that honors rescuers while defending Jonas Noreika is not commemorating virtue. It is weaponizing the category to insulate perpetrators from...
Lithuania’s commemoration of Lithuanian rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust does not stand alone. It performs a function. It directs attention...
Lithuania has handed Vladimir Putin a propaganda weapon — and it did so voluntarily. The weapon is not a military failure or a diplomatic misstep....
Lithuania has weaponized criminal law to protect Holocaust perpetrators and prosecute those who name them. The mechanism is not theoretical. It is...
The war now unfolding around Iran has revived an old geopolitical question. If the Iranian state weakens or fragments, will long-suppressed nations...
Spain’s May 28, 2024 recognition of a Palestinian state was not a symbolic foreign policy gesture. It changed the rule Spain applies to sovereignty....
War does not merely test armies. It tests doctrines. The present conflict involving Iran has reopened a foundational question: when does territorial...
On February 26, 2026, the Vilnius City District Court exercised the coercive authority of the Lithuanian state against historical distortion. Erika...
Lithuania routinely condemns Russian revanchism, historical falsification, disinformation, and propaganda. It presents itself as a frontline...
Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Treaty Law, and the Elastic Standard Spain Cannot Contain Gibraltar is not a peripheral anomaly. It is the cleanest...
The Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre (LGGRTC) has advertised for a new Director General. The posting reads like a routine leadership...
The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania is advertising for a new Director General. The notice demands an applicant of “impeccable...
In 1938, three years before the annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry, Marc Chagall painted a crucifixion. Not a Christian crucifixion. A Jewish one. The...
Western Cape and the Fragmentation Doctrine Governance Competence, Constitutional Self-Determination, and the Recognition Standard That Must Apply...