Are there any other final points regarding international humanitarian law?
It is important to distinguish between the general classification of this conflict and the means used. They are not always harmonious. For example, an anti-colonial war, which is understood as a liberation war, could involve massacres that could be classified as war crimes. This happened in 1948 on both sides. War can have moral cause, but the means used can be a violation of international law or even war crimes. One can say the war on the side of colonialists is utterly indefensible, and morally condemnable, but the actual operation may not necessarily be classifiable as a war crime. Yaron Ezrahi is Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Fellow at the Israeli Democracy Institute. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is the author of Rubber Bullets: Power and Conscience in Modern Israel. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi President, Union of Medical Relief Committees Mustafa Barghouthi argues that the current clashes don’t amount to war because war
