International law

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 13, 2023 | |

Hamas Urges Gazans to Stay Despite Israeli Calls to Evacuate

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on October 13 advised residents of northern Gaza to go to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours to minimize civilian casualties in anticipation...

May 12, 2023 | |

Human Shields Allegedly Used by Iran-Backed Islamic Jihad

Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on May 11 that Israel waited two days to strike an Islamic Jihad commander because he was using his family as human shields. The commander, Ahmad...

June 17, 2022 | Juan C. Zarate, Sarah Watson

The Lexicon of Terror: Crystallization Of The Definition Of “Terrorism” Through The Lens Of Terrorist Financing & The Financial Action Task Force

Excerpt It is widely assumed that there is no accepted international definition of terrorism, in part because global views on what constitutes terrorism are so politically polarized as to prevent arriving...

February 3, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Recalling the Holocaust is insufficient

The UN fails to name those threatening genocide or threatened by genocide

January 10, 2013 |

FDD Welcomes Former Ethiopian Official as Visiting Fellow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies proudly welcomes...

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...

February 29, 2012 | Robert Barnidge Chicago Tribune |

International Law and the Flotilla II

In the coming days, a major flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists is set to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in what many see as a publicity stunt wrapped in a humanitarian ve...

February 21, 2012 | |

International Law and the Hamas-Fatah Doha Deal

As the PLO moves toward Hamas, it moves away, in an inverse relationship, from international legality.

June 15, 2011 | World Defense Review

Beyond Mugabe’s Madness

Even by the ridiculously low procedural standards of Africa's club of presidents-for-life, last Friday's poll in Zimbabwe was a truly pathetic exercise. As Barry Bearak, the Pulitzer Pr...

January 21, 2011 | Commentary

Le Pen’s National Front and the Anti-Zionist Party

Marine Le Pen took over the party leadership of the xenophobic, far-right National Front Party this week. The Wall Street Journal noted that “Ms. Le Pen on Sunday became the party’s s...