Tag: Law
Israel and Hezbollah: A Legal Assessment of Israel’s ‘War in the North’
The author, Professor Emeritus of International Law, explores the complex legal and strategic considerations underpinning Israel's ongoing conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah...
“An intentional act of injustice is an injury. A Nation has therefore the...
A Balanced Vision: Human Singularity, International Law, and American Survival
Professor Louis Rene Beres l Purdue University
The author, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Purdue University, argues that to secure a just and survivable global order, the world must transition from competitive nationalism to...
Australian senator says he didn’t know he was posing with neo-Nazi
Ralph Babet, 40, who represents Victoria in the Australian Senate, was photographed with a young man who appears to display a Nazi-like salute.
The Australian politician, who is seen giving a thumbs up, has said...
The showdown in Israel continues as judicial reform advances
Israel’s Supreme Court is either under attack or undergoing necessary reform, depending on who you ask.
While there is talk of shelving the larger judicial reform package originally proposed by the government, a bill seeking...
Critics of ‘Citizenship Law’ ruling charge Supreme Court has ’emptied the law of meaning’
The Israeli Supreme Court’s July 21 ruling upholding a law under which convicted terrorists may be stripped of their citizenship has angered many in Israel’s nationalist camp, who argue that the ruling actually renders the law...
Launching the Fourth Phase of the National Drone Initiative
“This is another significant milestone: during this trial drone flights will also take place at night, as well as flights in which cargo will be delivered directly via winches to the end customer. All partners...
Existential Perils From Iran: Israel’s Options in Law and Strategy
Abstract: Eleventh-hour diplomacy notwithstanding, few tangible barriers remain in the way of an Iranian nuclear capability. If Israel should decide that it no longer maintains any reasonable self-defense alternative to launching selective military attacks against...
Reason, Science and Empathy: Interrelated Foundations of American Survival
“Science, by which I mean the entire body of knowledge about things, whether corporeal or spiritual, is as much a work of imagination as it is of observation….-Jose Ortega y Gasset, Man and Crisis (1958)
Reason,...
Natural Law and the United States Constitution: Still Vital Connections
Abstract: Ideas of Natural Law were crucial in drafting the US Constitution. These seminal ideas were made known to document “framers” largely by way of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. The Commentaries represent...
Texas adds Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever to list of companies boycotting Israel
The ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s and its British parent company Unilever have officially been added to the list of companies in Texas that boycott Israel, announced Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Thursday.
Under Chapter 808, Texas law...