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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime minister's office in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

עוד מאותו הדבר – אבל גרוע יותר: התכנית “החדשה” של נתניהו בעזה

התכנית נשענת על היגיון עקבי: להעמיק את השליטה הטריטוריאלית תוך הכחשת ההשלכות המשפטיות שהמשפט הבינלאומי…
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime minister's office in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

More of the Same, But Worse: Netanyahu’s “New” Plan in Gaza

The plan follows a consistent logic: it seeks to deepen territorial control of Gaza while denying the legal consequences that international law attaches to occupation.
Left Side: Rescuers from the Emergency Services of Ukraine extinguish a blaze in the aftermath of a Russian drone strike on a warehouse storing food products on August 9, 2025 in Sloviansk, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images) Right Side: An Israeli army infantry-fighting vehicle (IFV) leaves a cloud of dust as it moves at a position along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2025. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

From Ukraine to Gaza: IHL Compliance as a Tool for Preventing Moral Injury

Ukraine's voluntary IHL compliance report provides an opportunity to examine the concept of moral injury in armed conflict - Israel should follow Ukraine's lead.
cloud of smoke erupting following Israeli bombardment on a building

“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”: The Legality of Statistical Proportionality

Israel's practice of statistical proportionality should be considered to violate the legal duty to take feasible precautions in attacks.

Manifestly Illegal: Israeli International Law Scholars on the Stated Plan to “Concentrate” the Palestinian Population in South Gaza

Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, the Attorney General.

Our Duty to Explain Israel’s Operation to “Concentrate and Move Population” in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime

We wrote this essay to fulfill our human, conscientious, and civic duty, as Israelis – and as Zionists – who have expertise in areas related to the IDF’s order.
This picture taken from a position in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip, shows destroyed buildings in the besieged territory on May 27, 2025. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) 

The Illegality of Israel’s Military Offensive in Gaza

Analysis of jus ad bellum with Israel’s stated objectives for its current military operations in Gaza.
View of the Supreme Court of Israel building on a sunny, clear day.

Limited Protection: Israel’s High Court of Justice Rejection of Gaza Humanitarian Aid Petition

A synopsis of Israeli Supreme Court recent judgment, particularly relevant now that the government has suspended humanitarian aid altogether.
Palestinians flee with their belongings Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip

“In the Event of Extreme Urgency”: The International Court of Justice Must Indicate New Provisional Measures to Protect Civilians in Gaza

Authors argue the ICJ must direct Israel to halt the current course of the military campaign in Gaza before too late.
People and first responders gather outside storefronts in Saida, Lebanon.

Israel’s Pager Operation: Not an Indiscriminate Attack But a Strategic Success

Israel's pager operation was not an indiscriminate attack. It was a strategic operation that achieved its objective.
Two men embrace near collapsed buildings

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire: Temporary Reprieve or Sustainable Peace?

The implementation of the second stage of the agreement, or even just continued calm, likely depends on whether President Donald Trump is prepared to intervene to keep the peace.
A man takes cover behind a column as an explosion propagates smoke and dust during an Israeli strike

Why Palestinian Families Are Suing the State Department for Failing to Enforce the Leahy Law

The plaintiffs in Amal Gaza, et al v. Secretary Antony Blinken, et al have a single demand of the State Department: obey the law.
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