International Law

IRGC missile, drone attacks should be prosecuted at ICC as war crimes, Israeli NGO says

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice said Iran left at least 20 people dead and over 7,000 injured, while causing widespread disruption to schools, air travel, workplaces, and civilian infrastructure.

Destroyed building in central Israel following Iranian missile strikes on February 28, 2026.
View of the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.

West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns, legal adviser warns Knesset

JUDGES ARRIVE for a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

ICC denies ‘inaccurate’ report it is seeking new warrants against Israeli officials

ABANDONED MILITARY jets are seen at the Aleppo airport on December 14, 2024 in Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo was the first major city to fall in last week's lightning offensive by rebel forces as they toppled Syria's Assad regime.

Syrian pilot confessions reveal centralized bombing orders during war


Israel follows international humanitarian law; now it needs to speak like it - comment

The Broad Perspective: While we have ample grounds to argue for the justification of the IDF’s operation in the Gaza Strip, it is legally bound to come under public scrutiny.

 PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

Jewish US Army Major Harrison Mann explains why he resigned over US support for Israel-Hamas war

A Jewish US military officer has resigned in protest of US support during the Israel-Hamas war. He announced it publicly last month in a letter that gained renewed attention this week when he exited.

 Harrison Mann appeared on CBS News to discuss his resignation from the U.S. Army out of protest over Israel's war in Gaza.

Putting democracy under the microscope

The Center for Applied Research on Risks to Democracy opens its doors at Tel Aviv University.

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IDF General Staff to investigate Rafah strike after 45 Palestinians killed

The Military Advocate General said that the incident in Rafah was under review, calling it a "very difficult" incident.

 Palestinians look at the damages after a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024

'Irrelevant order of antisemitic court': Outrage sparked amid ICJ ruling

Following the ICJ's ruling on Friday, forcing Israel to halt its operations against Hamas in Rafah, many politicians and various experts expressed their opinions on the ICJ and its ruling.

British jurist Malcolm Shaw looks on at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The Hague, Net

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."

 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.

 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.

 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.”

 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.

 PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.