A Shameful War: Israel in the Dock

A good summary of the war crimes charges: proportionality, firing into urban areas, white phosphorous, DIME bombs and other unusual weapons, targeting of civilians, humanitarian aid. - Ed.

Raymond Whitaker and Donald Macintyre

Did Israel – or its enemy, Hamas – commit war crimes during 22 days and nights of aerial assault, rocket launches and ground fighting in Gaza? In one sense the question is academic, because Israel will not recognise the conflict as an international one, and has not signed the 1977 Geneva protocol designed to apply to the victims of internal conflicts. But international lawyers say general principles can be drawn from the laws of war, which may have been violated in several ways.

The main issues are these:

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