Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Legitimacy, Morality and International Law -- International Law and Legitimacy -- Morality at War (1) Traditional Just War Doctrine -- Morality at War (2): Modern Critiques of Just War Theory -- Advising in the Grey Area -- The Israeli Experience -- The IDF's Legal Environment -- Case Study 1: The Second Intifada and the Targeted Killing of Salah Shehadeh -- Case Study 2: The 2006 Lebanon War -- Case Study 3: Operation Cast Lead -- Case Study 4: The 2010 Turkish Flotilla-The Mavi Marmara Affair -- Conclusion and Policy Implications -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary
The politics of security is increasingly concerned with the legitimacy of military operations, demanding a political engagement with law and ethics that is empowering the lawyers through a continuing expansion of their operational and diplomatic role. Through a careful examination of recent Israeli military operations, this book examines the operational involvement of military lawyers to reveal the political content and consequences of their legal choices through their impact on the legitimacy of Israel's security policy. <s
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index
Notes
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