On Target? The Israeli Supreme Court and the Expansion of Targeted Killings

• Published in: The Yale law journal Vol. 116; no. 8; pp. 1873 - 1881
• Main Author: Eichensehr, Kristen E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven The Yale Law Journal Company 01.06.2007; Yale University, School of Law; Yale Law Journal Company, Inc
• Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Armed conflict; Civilians; Combatants; Comment; Customary international law; Defence policy; Geneva Convention; International hostility; International law; Israel; Laws, regulations and rules; Military deployment; Murders & murder attempts; Participation; Proportionality (Law); Public law; Reading; Right of self defense; Self defense; Statutory interpretation; Supreme Court; Supreme Court decisions; Terrorism; Terrorists; War; War (International law); Weapons; Israel

Israel has used "targeted killings" against suspected terrorists since the alAqsa intifada began in September 2000. By the end of 2005, almost 300 terrorist organization members and 150 civilian bystanders had been killed in targeted killings, in addition to hundreds of civilians wounded.1...