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Amnesty International's criticism of Israeli action in Gaza distorts the law of war

Marc D. Stern [Acting Co-Executive Director/General Counsel, American Jewish Congress]: "Amnesty International reads the law of war as if it was a law banning war. In evaluating Amnesty's criticisms of Israel's actions in Gaza, one needs to take into account the manifold ways it distorts a body of law which actually permits, while regulating, war. Amnesty perversely reads that body of law in

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).