International Law

WATCH: Hezbollah uses ambulances to conceal terror activity, IDF footage reveals

The terror organization's use of medical equipment undermines protections granted to medical facilities under international law, the IDF noted.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Weapons discovered by IDF troops in an ambulance used by Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, April 24, 2026
IRAN'S FOREIGN Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei attends an interview, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson calls out EU on international law violation claims

Baghaei was responding to an X/Twitter post by Kaja Kallas, who had written that "Under international law, transit through waterways like the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free of charge."

|ByTZVI JASPER
MEMBERS OF the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Strategic ingenuity or blind nihilism? Assessing Iran’s regional escalation - opinion

What we have been witnessing is an Iranian leadership so detached from its own stated values that it no longer matters whether the victims are Jews, Christians, or Muslims.

|ByYORAM DORI
A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce

Trump, who has previously offered shifting timelines and objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate if Iran did not give in to Washington's terms.

|ByREUTERS

Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

The assessment from the four bureaus said Israel's assurances were "neither credible nor reliable."

APRIL 27, 2024ByREUTERS
US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken arrives for the Summit for Democracy, in South Korea this week. The gradual shift in the historic US-Israel alliance has been partly influenced by a greater influence given to the State Department under Blinken, the writer maintains.

Israel is breaching international law in Gaza, UK legal adviser tell gov't

“The Foreign Office has received official legal advice that Israel has broken international humanitarian law, but the government has not announced it,” Kearns said.

MARCH 31, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, Mach 27, 2024

Targeting Marwan Issa didn't break the law; it enforced it - opinion

Faced with a persistent threat of Palestinian terrorism that could, sometimes, escalate to mass destruction weapons, Israel has no choice but to eliminate Hamas leadership wherever possible.

MARCH 24, 2024ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
A HOME in Kibbutz Kfar Aza is bullet-ridden and ransacked following the October 7 massacre. Marwan Issa was a principal planner of that rampage against defenseless Israeli civilians, the writer notes.

New US directive links military aid to human rights, including for Israel

In Washington on Thursday night Biden had harsh words for Israel stating, “The conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been over the top.”

FEBRUARY 10, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN
Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on February 11, 2024

The ICJ is not a court - opinion

In contrast to the legal and court systems of democratic countries, international law lacks basic political legitimacy.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

World Court dismisses much of Ukraine's case against Russia

Kyiv had accused Moscow of violating two United Nations treaties

JANUARY 31, 2024ByREUTERS
Ukrainian service members speak to each other in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine June 20, 2022.

Israel must abide by int'l law despite Hamas cynicism - Opinion

According to international law, there are certain instances in which it is permissible to attack hospitals.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByTAL MIMRAN
AN IDF soldier walks through a tunnel underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in November.

Is the ICJ's ruling a verdict or a vindication? - opinion

Israel wasn't ordered to cease fire, but that is far from a vindication.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByIAN WOODBRIDGE
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

The 'Palestinianization' of international law - opinion

Some may think this is solely Israel’s problem. That the double standard will stop there. I disagree.  

JANUARY 18, 2024ByROBERT NEUFELD
A MAN wearing a 'Free Palestine' cap welcomes members of the South African legal team against Israel at the ICJ after their return home, at the airport in Johannesburg, earlier this week.

IDF lawyer to 'Post': We comply with int'l law because of duty to democracy

Senior IDF military lawyer details legal weight of attacks with heavy civilian casualties.

DECEMBER 26, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldiers stand near the opening to a tunnel at Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, November 22, 2023