Legal Scholar and Contributor

Adam Levitin

1 article 1999

Adam Levitin contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1999, writing about Israeli politics and the rise of Ehud Barak. He is a legal scholar and professor at Georgetown University Law Center, known for his expertise in financial regulation, bankruptcy, and consumer finance.

GOING FOR BARAK

June 28, 1999 · Magazine

THE ARAB STATES might well come to rue the day Ehud Barak defeated Benjamin Netanyahu. Widely demonized in the international media as the main obstacle to peace and Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu provided a convenient foil for Arab leaders hesitant to make serious concessions. His government was…