US says it followed rules routing bombs to Israel through UK
US officials Thursday denied that the US had violated British air transport safety regulations in routing "smart bombs" to Israel through the UK, despite concerns expressed by UK Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett earlier this...
Israel ambassador denies banned cluster munitions used in Lebanon attack
Israel has denied using banned cluster munitions in Lebanon. On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of using the cluster grenades in an attack on a Hezbollah village in...
JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that use of force in...
Egeland condemns Israeli, Palestinian violations of humanitarian law in Gaza
United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland said Tuesday that Israel had used "disproportionate" force in its military offensive against the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip , but he added that...
JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Robbie Sabel of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem, Israel, says that many of the international law issues in the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah come down to matters of common sense... As...
Lebanon president claims Israel using illegal phosphorous bombs
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud accused Israel Monday of using incendiary phosphorous bombs against Lebanese civilians in violation of international standards, and urged the United Nations to call for an immediate ceasefire. Lahoud, considered...
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a lawsuit Monday against the Bush administration, alleging that the US government failed to fulfill its obligations to protect US citizens in Lebanon when the...
Israel rejects Egeland claim that airstrikes violated international law
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Monday that weekend statements by visiting United Nations relief coordinator Jan Egeland that damage caused by Israeli airstrikes in Beirut was excessive and in...
JURIST Special Guest Columnists Gaby El Hakim and Joe Karam, Lebanese lawyers and board members of the Beirut Bar Association, say indiscriminate Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians violate all principles of international humanitarian law and call for an immediate ceasefire...
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law, a former defense counsel for war crimes suspects, says that both Hezbollah and Israel are guilty of committing war crimes in the latest Middle East conflict... The laws of...
