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Gaza, again
It was November 2012 when missiles last rained down over Gaza to the extent that they do, once again, today. It was those bombings that prompted me to start this blog and looking back to my first post...
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Operation Exposure
I always wonder how militaries come up with names for their operations. Names are never innocent, of course, and the latest IDF creation – Operation Protective Edge – scripts the current operation as...
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knock, knock…bomb
Airstrike in Rafah, Southern Gaza yesterday. Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images “Hi, my name is Danny. I’m an officer in Israeli military intelligence. In one hour we will blow up your house.“...
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Low deeds and lofty heights
Gideon Levy has written a searing piece at Haaretz that takes aim at Israeli Air Force Pilots for wielding incredible power against a defenceless people. His point is an obvious one and has been made a...
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Frames of law and the ‘prosecution’ of war
Under the ‘works in progress‘ tab I have uploaded a paper that is currently under peer review. It’s called ‘Frames of law: Targeting advice and operational law in the Israeli Defense Force‘ and it...
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Civilians in war
jonescraig:I’m in rural France and barely able to read the news let alone comment on events in Gaza. The article below by Christiane Wilke, however, should not be missed. A slightly different version...
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In the image of B’Tselem
Ultra-Orthodox Jews studying in seminaries were exempt from national service since Israel’s foundation until March 2014. Source: BBC As most readers will already know, Israel has compulsory military...
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The legal geographies of war and violence
The International Conference of Critical Geography in Ramallah next July has extended its deadline for submissions to December 20th (info here). This is an important conference, especially because of...
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‘Deterrent destruction': nothing is immune
A new report about Israel’s war on Gaza earlier this year has been published by Amnesty International today. It focuses on the deliberate destruction of civilian and government infrastructure, and on...
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Frames of law – Israeli resaerch
My research on Israeli military lawyers has finally been published over at Environment & Planning D: Society and Space. You can read the full version, entitled ‘Frames of law: operational legal...
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