Geneva Conventions

November 20, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

How many aid groups knew Hamas was hiding in a hospital and lied about it?

Hamas used Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital as a base of terror operations. That’s the obvious conclusion following Sunday’s discovery of a large terror tunnel under the hospital along with...

November 9, 2023 | |

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Releases New Hostage Video

Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a video of two Israeli hostages on November 9, claiming it would release them on humanitarian grounds once “appropriate measures are met.”...

November 6, 2023 |

10 Things to Know About Hamas Tunnels

The terrorist organization Hamas operates an extensive and sophisticated tunnel system to transport weapons, store supplies, and train operatives. The network zigzags for hundreds of miles under the Gaza...

October 30, 2023 | |

10 Things to Know About Hamas and Hospitals

Hamas has commanded a network of tunnels and terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip since it took control in 2007. The Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist organization uses civilian...

October 27, 2023 | |

Hamas Uses Hospital as Terror Command Center, Israel Says

Hamas is using Gaza’s largest hospital as a terror headquarters, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday. According to intelligence gathered by Israel and shared with other countries, Hamas has established command-and-control rooms and tunnels under Shifa hospital in Gaza and uses the medical facility to shield its terrorist infrastructure. The IDF released phone recordings and images illustrating how Hamas is using the hospital.

October 17, 2023 | Orde Kittrie, Natalie Ecanow

International Law Accepts No Excuses for Murder, Hostage-Taking 

Several activist groups, including chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, have attempted to justify the Hamas murder, torture, and kidnapping of civilians in Israel by invoking a supposed “right...

May 21, 2022 | David May |

End the WHO’s Unhealthy Obsession With Israel

Eliminating the World Health Organization’s double standard will not only ensure Israel’s fair treatment but allow the WHO to address the world’s true health problems.

April 3, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

How to Include Far More Lawfare Ammunition in Next UN General Assembly Resolution on Russian Invasion

On March 24, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted its second resolution addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.   Both this and the first resolution, adopted on March 2, symbolically demonstrated...

August 23, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie

Get Serious About Human Shields

“Given the kind of precision weaponry you are using,” a French TV reporter...

October 25, 2017 | Tyler Stapleton |

Congress Moves to Isolate Hezbollah and Sanction its Patrons

This week, Congress will consider three pieces of legislation aimed at cutting off the funding streams that Hezbollah uses to fill it...

July 27, 2017 | Tyler Stapleton

How the Use of Human Shields Violates International Law

Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic State, and other terrorist groups have a demonstrated propensity to use...

February 10, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Winning an unconventional war

War is – and always will be -- hell. The Law of Armed Conflict is not meant to change that – only to make it a little less hellish. There are weapons you agree not to use. In exchange...

January 27, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz

Missouri State Senate Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and Local Government

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August 8, 2014 | |

Palestine’s ICC Threat: Pluses and Minuses for Mahmoud Abbas

The shooting has resumed in Gaza. But where will things go when it ends? Inevitably, in each operation in Gaza since 2008 there is a "Goldstone-ification" on the Palestinian side—a shift fr...

April 9, 2014 | |

The Outlaw Vladimir Putin

Co-authored by Lee A. Casey President Obama has repeatedly described Russia's annexation of Crimea as illegal and illegitimate, but he also has sought to minimize the strat...

August 13, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Gitmo’s Czar Speaks Out

The closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been on Barack Obama’s mind for a long time. After promising time and again during the 2008 campaign...

January 10, 2013 |

Al Gore’s Al Jazeera Sellout

It was July 18th, 2008, the birthday of Samir Kuntar, and so Al Jazeera naturally had a birthday celebration. Fortuitously, Kuntar had been...

December 4, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Gitmo’s Troubling Afterlife: The Global Consequences of U.S. Detention Policy

Closing the camps in Guantánamo Bay won't address the real problems with noncriminal incarceration.

June 25, 2012 | James Kirchick World Affairs Journal |

Read Me If You Can: Censorship Today

You Can’t Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom Nick Cohen (London: Fourth Estate, 2012) If I complacently accept the idea that...

May 30, 2012 | Robert Barnidge Boston University International Law Journal

A Defense of Drone Attacks in Pakistan Under Humanitarian Law

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, international law has had to grapple with the fundamental challenges that large-scale violence carried out by non-state actors pos...