ALAN DERSHOWITZ on torture: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict In July 2006, Dershowitz wrote a series of articles defending the conduct of the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. There was an international outcry at the time regarding escalating Lebanese civilian deaths and the destruction of civilian infrastructure resulting from Israels stated attempt to weaken or destroy Hezbollah. After the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour indicated that Israeli officials might be investigated and indicted for possible war crimes, Dershowitz labeled her statement bizarre, called for her dismissal, and wrote about what he called the absurdity and counterproductive nature of current international law.[45] In a Boston Globe editorial several days later, he argued that Israel was not to blame for civilian deaths: Israel has every self-interest in minimizing civilian casualties, whereas the terrorists have every self-interest in maximizing them—on both sides. Israel should not be condemned for doing what every democracy would and should do: taking every reasonable military step to stop the killing of their own civilians.[46] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz#Views_on_torture
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