Can contemporary international law cope with today’s terror? There is a need to adapt the rules to the conflict scenarios of today’s world. Alan Baker June 28, 2024
Israel rejects UN official’s explanation for leaving Hamas’s use of human shields out of report Virginia Gamba, special representative to the U.N. secretary-general, told JNS that word count limits left no space to mention that the terror organization embeds deliberately among civilians. Mike Wagenheim June 18, 2024
Israel’s actions in Gaza: What proportionality actually means The proportionality of the attack is not measured by the number of civilian casualties that it resulted in. Liron Libman Nov. 13, 2023
Report: Israel complied with laws of war, minimized casualties during Gaza conflict JINSA task force found it was Hamas that was launching indiscriminate attacks against Israel, directing those assaults against Israeli civilians and exposing Gazan civilians to avoidable risk. Oct. 28, 2021
Democracies obey laws of armed conflict, while their enemies flout them The intentional blending of civilians and combatants is the foundation stone of Islamist “military” strategy around the world—a settled part of their playbook. Jerome M. Marcus June 5, 2019