Article: Israel's policy of targeted killing.

Since the eruption of the second intifada in September 2000, Israel has openly pursued a policy of targeted killing. The Israelis have identified, located, and then killed alleged Palestinian terrorists with helicopter gunships, fighter aircraft, tanks, car bombs, booby traps, and bullets. Approximately eighty Palestinian militants and about fifty innocent bystanders have been killed through fall 2002, prompting international condemnation, domestic soul-searching, and bloody retaliation. (1) Given its controversial nature and obvious costs, it is worth considering whether this policy is defensible. Why has Israel embarked on a policy of targeted killing? Has the policy ...

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