Human Rights and International Law in the Era of Mass Terror

One on One: Ruling out the wrong rhetoric, Ruthie Blum, Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2008
Op-ed in The Jewish Press ('Gaza's Palestinian Civilians Are Not Israel's Responsibility’, Feb. 13, 2008, Michael Goldblatt and Daniel Mandel), criticizes claims, including by Human Rights Watch’s Joel Stork, that Israel’s policy towards Gaza constitutes “collective punishment”.
Robert C. Blitt, "Who Will Watch the Watchdogs? Human Rights NGOs and the Case for Regulation", Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, vol.10, 2004.
'David Frum on the Winograd Report, Hezbollah and Media Bias: Misinformation warfare', National Post (Canada), Feb. 2, 2008.
Eric Posner, "What the Cold War Taught Us", Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2007
"The tension between promoting democracy and promoting human rights, when newly enfranchised peoples turn out not to subscribe to the ideals of the Enlightenment, is the dirty secret of the human rights movement. As the expanding franchise continues to expose the fissure between the two ideals, human rights advocates are finally going to have to choose between them."
Amos N. Guiora, "Where are Terrorists to Be Tried -- A Comparative Analysis of Rights Granted to Suspected Terrorists," Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-13, Catholic University Law Review, Volume 56, No. 2 (Spring 2007). This article compares the American, Israeli, Russian, Indian, and Spanish approaches to trying terrorists and details the extensive due process rights afforded to suspected terrorists in Israel. The author is Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He was the former Legal Advisor to the Gaza Strip and Commander of the IDF School of Military Law.
Don A. Habibi, "Human Rights and Politicized Human Rights: A Utilitarian Critique," Journal of Human Rights (Volume 6, Issue 1), January 2007 , pages 3 - 35 (Full text available to subscribers only)
Dr. Avi Bell, How Should Israel Respond to War Crimes Accusations from the War in Lebanon? Jerusalem Issue Brief (Vol. 6 No. 13), November 9, 2006
"Supreme Court rejects Public Committee Against Torture's claim that targeted killings are illegal". Israel Supreme Court, December 14, 2006
Roger W. Barnett, "Favoring Terrorists – Law, rules on war must be rewritten," The Providence Journal, November 19, 2006
"Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism within the Law." 210 pp. Israel Supreme Court, Jerusalem, 2005. (Vol. 2 in production).
Joseph M. Lipner, "Israel should probe accusations of war crimes," Jewish Journal, September 29, 2006. So subjective is the relevant standard that a war crimes accusation is almost inevitable when an army fights a militia like Hezbollah, entrenched deep within the civilian population. Strikes against Hezbollah will tragically and inevitably lead to civilian deaths.
"Behind the Headlines: Legal and operational aspects of the use of cluster bombs," Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, September 5, 2006.
Joshua Brook, "Human Rights Advocates Embarrass Themselves: Out of Proportion," TNR Online, July 28, 2006.
"Responding to Hizbullah attacks from Lebanon: Issues of proportionality," Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 25, 2006.
Dr. Robbie Sabel, "Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon and the Law of Armed Conflict," Jurist, July 25, 2006. Dr. Robbie Sabel says that many of the international law issues in the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah come down to matters of common sense.
Dr. Avi Bell, "Human Rights Watch's Q&A on Lebanon War: Selective and Distorted Application of International Law," July 23, 2006. Dr. Bell is from the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University and is Visiting Professor at Fordham University Law School
Michael Walzer, "The Ethics of Battle: War Fair," The New Republic Online, July 19, 2006.
Amos N. Guiora, "Teaching Morality in Armed Combat -- The Israel Defence Forces Model," Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-24 (August 2005). "The IDF Model . . . is the most advanced and developed model around."
Joseph Lelyveld, "Interrogating Ourselves," New York Times, 12 June 2005.
Michael Walzer, "Excusing Terror: The Politics of Ideological Apology," October 22, 2001.