Legal silence: How internal politics derailed Israel's global defense against war crime charges
LEGAL AFFAIRS: While the record is problematic, it should be noted that Israel is far from having abandoned the playing field entirely.
‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April. (photo credit: MOUNEB TAIM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
