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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462877903321

Autore

Berkowitz Peter <1959->

Titolo

Israel and the struggle over the international laws of war / / Peter Berkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-8179-1436-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; number 618

Disciplina

341.6095694

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - Law and legislation

War - Protection of civilians - Palestine

Electronic books.

Israel International status

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An opportunity to reorient -- The Goldstone report -- The Gaza flotilla -- Conserving the international laws of war.

Sommario/riassunto

The author argues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend themselves against transnational terrorists. The Goldstone Report, which was published by the United Nations in September 2009, and the Gaza flotilla controversy, which erupted at the end of May 2010, are examples of those abuses. This book criticizes the flawed assumptions and defective claims a