Omphalos
Back to the ‘Ticking Bomb’ Doctrine
Yuval Shany Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 9:00 AM
The Israeli High Court of Justice’s Dec. 12 decision in Abu Ghosh v.
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‘Pressure Techniques’ and Oversight of Shin Bet Interrogations: Abu Gosh v. Attorney General
Elena Chachko Fri, Dec 22, 2017, 7:00 AM
Last week, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a decision concerning one of the most sensitive areas of counterterrorism policy and practice. The decision considered so-called “pressure techniques” the Israeli Security Agency (the ISA, known colloquially as the Shin Bet) applied during the interrogation of a terrorism suspect in 2007.
Israel-Palestine
New Developments in Israeli Counterterrorism Law: Discrimination in Home Demolitions, Civil Lawsuits, and Material Support
Elena Chachko Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 12:30 PM
The past few weeks have seen several significant legal developments concerning Israeli counterterrorism policy. First, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that as a matter of principle, the Israeli authorities may not discriminate between Palestinian and Jewish terrorists in their resort to home demolitions to deter terrorist attacks. However, a deeper look at the decision reveals that it is not likely to change much in practice.
Israel-Palestine
The Israeli Supreme Court Debates Counterterrorism Home Demolitions
Elena Chachko Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 11:40 AM
An interesting debate has developed recently among the justices of the Israeli Supreme Court over the legality of Israel’s use of home demolitions as a counterterrorism measure. This longstanding practice is highly controversial because it intentionally harms not only the person implicated in terrorist activity, but also family members and other residents who were not themselves involved in terrorism.