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International Law and the Fighting in Gaza

Attacks deliberately aimed at civilians are war crimes. The launching of rockets at civilian targets in Israel by Palestinians in Gaza violates international law. Both the terror squads carrying out the attacks, as well as their commanders, bear criminal responsibility. Under the rules of command responsibility, senior Hamas leaders such as Khaled Mashal, who ordered a continuation of the rocket attacks, are among the parties guilty of war crimes.
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Justus Reid Weiner

Justus Reid Weiner received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law and his BA from Colgate University. He was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. His professional publications have appeared in leading law journals and intellectual magazines. In the U.S Weiner practiced law as an associate in the litigation department of the international law firm White & Case. Weiner also served as a senior attorney at the Israel Ministry of Justice specializing in human rights and other facets of public international law.

Abraham (Avi) Bell

Avi Bell is Professor of the Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University and University of San Diego Law School, he is a senior fellow at Kohelet Policy Forum. He specializes in international law, particularly the laws of war. Prof. Bell served in an IDF reserve paratrooper brigade in combat in the Second Lebanon war.
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