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A War Crime at Qana? By Orde F. Kittrie Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2006 | |
| The Qana tragedy has intensified accusations that Israel's actions in Lebanon violate international law. Every death of an innocent person is extremely regrettable; but there is no evidence Israel has committed any war crimes. In contrast, Hezbollah, Iran and Syria have clearly violated international law in this conflict. Moreover, Israel's conduct compares favorably to how its most powerful accusers have behaved when their own interests have been threatened. Read more » | ||
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Hezbollah's Human Shields By Alan M. Dershowitz National Post, August 1, 2006 | |
| This week's tragic deaths in the Lebanese town of Qana are the result of a tactic being employed by Hezbollah against Israel -- with considerable success, it must be acknowledged. It is the wave of the future for well-armed terrorist armies, especially those acting as surrogates for rogue nations, as Hezbollah is for Iran and Syria. Read more » | ||
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Israel, Lebanon and Hizbullah: a Jurisprudential Assessment By Louis Rene Beres | |
| Under pertinent international law, responsibility for the tragic Israeli artillery bombardment of UN protected civilian refugees in Lebanon lies preeminently with Hizbullah and its Islamic state mentors, Syria and Iran, as well as with Lebanon. To an extent, some responsibility must also be borne by the United Nations, for failing to ensure that Hizbullah not be allowed to fire Katyushas from a site some 350 meters from the UN Headquarters in Kfar Kana. Although it is certainly true that the Laws of War are intended, inter alia, to protect all noncombatants from the sort of Israeli shelling that killed and wounded so many innocents on April 18, these Laws also make it perfectly clear that responsibility for such actions must ultimately rest with the side that engages in "perfidy". Read more » | ||
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"Disproportionate" Criticism - Israel Will Not Back Down, and Europe Owes Its Thanks By Joshua Muravchik AEI Online, Monday, July 31, 2006 | |
| Europe unwisely and wrongly accuses Israel of using disproportionate force against Hamas and Hezbollah; Israel has a right to defend itself against attacks and to try to destroy its attackers. Indeed, a failure to do so would only encourage and strengthen the worldwide jihadist movement to which Europe is especially prone. Read more » | ||
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The Rules of War By Moshe Yaalon Washington Post, August 3, 2006 | |
| The conflict in the Middle East is about much more than Israel and Hezbollah, or even Hezbollah's Syrian and Iranian sponsors. What is at stake are the very rules of war that underpin the entire international order. Sadly, judging from how most of the world has responded to Israel's military action against Hezbollah, these rules have been completely abandoned. Read more » | ||
