On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the war in Gaza resonates
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- Publish Date:
- August 13, 2024
- Author(s):
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- Livni, Ephrat
- Source:
- The New York Times
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Summary
The rules of war have “a humanitarian goal,” said Allen S. Weiner, director of Stanford University Law School’s Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. They try to “ameliorate suffering,” he said, but they are “not a tool for pacifism.”
The war in Gaza has been “a huge challenge for the application of international humanitarian law,” Mr. Weiner said.
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