Israel, Gaza, and Rethinking the Laws of War
Current military codes are inadequate to Israel's situations.
May 6, 2015
Israel, Gaza, and Rethinking the Laws of War
Current military codes are inadequate to Israel's situations.
Last week, the UN issued a report about Israeli attacks on UN facilities during last summer’s Gaza war. Acknowledging that Hamas used these facilities to store weapons and launch offensives, the authors are hard pressed to find fault with Israeli conduct. However, writes Jonathan Tobin, a larger issue is at stake: current codes of military conduct are inadequate to the situations in which Israel finds itself fighting:
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