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Article: By any name illegal and immoral.(Response to "Israel's Policy of Targeted Killing")(article by Steven R. David in this issue, p. 111)
- Article from:
- Ethics & International Affairs
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Israel faces appalling attacks against its civilians. Since the beginning of the current intifada in September 2000 and until December 31, 2002, Palestinians have killed 443 Israeli civilians, among them eighty-three minors. Many more have been seriously injured. These attacks have spread fear and significantly affected daily life. While implementing its policy of "targeted killing" chosen as one of Israel's responses to these attacks, Israel has killed at least eighty-six Palestinians and another forty Palestinian bystanders.
The policy of "targeted killing," as the Israeli government calls it, raises numerous questions concerning its legality and morality. ...