02600nam 2200589 450 991078621760332120200520144314.00-8179-1436-6(CKB)2670000000345599(EBL)1370697(SSID)ssj0000875252(PQKBManifestationID)12420661(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000875252(PQKBWorkID)10889457(PQKB)10400470(MiAaPQ)EBC1370697(Au-PeEL)EBL1370697(CaPaEBR)ebr10822133(CaONFJC)MIL848263(OCoLC)876507727(EXLCZ)99267000000034559920120330d2012 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsrael and the struggle over the international laws of war /Peter BerkowitzStanford, California :Hoover Institution Press,2012.1 online resource (113 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;number 618Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-1438-2 0-8179-1434-X Includes bibliographical references and index.An opportunity to reorient -- The Goldstone report -- The Gaza flotilla -- Conserving the international laws of war.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 aHoover Institution Press publication ;618.Arab-Israeli conflictLaw and legislationWarProtection of civiliansPalestineIsraelInternational statusArab-Israeli conflictLaw and legislation.WarProtection of civilians341.6095694Berkowitz Peter1959-540794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786217603321Israel and the struggle over the international laws of war3780719UNINA