International Law

Former ICC Prosecutor to Pay 25 Million NIS to Families of Israeli Hostage Families

A Jerusalem court has ordered former ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to pay NIS 25 million to families of October 7 hostages in a precedent-setting ruling brought by Shurat HaDin.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COOPERATION WITH SHURAT HADIN
Adv. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, President of Shurat HaDin
Israeli settlers next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

Settler violence threatens Israel’s rule of law, international standing, legal expert tells ‘Post'

Shany’s remarks came days after extremist settlers attacked a European delegation and an American photojournalist in two separate incidents.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
IDF LEAFLET warns against violence, on a Palestinian car in Hebron, Nov. 2025.

Is 'Purity of Arms' holding the IDF back? Inside Israel’s battle over military ethics

Fighters are expected to avoid harming noncombatants, including civilians, prisoners, and the defenseless, as much as possible, and to maintain their humanity even in the midst of combat.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
Workers operate on a lead line connected to fiber optic cable at Arrietara beach, near Bilbao, northern Spain, June 13, 2017, as Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. join forces to build an underwater fiber optic cable across the Atlantic Ocean, linking Europe and the USA.

Iranian media pushing for regime to sever international undersea fiber-optic cables in Hormuz

The managing editor of the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper insisted that disrupting or cutting off the internet cables was a “necessary measure” to respond to the “crimes of America."

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

New US directive links military aid to human rights, including for Israel

In Washington on Thursday night Biden had harsh words for Israel stating, “The conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been over the top.”

FEBRUARY 10, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN
Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on February 11, 2024

The ICJ is not a court - opinion

In contrast to the legal and court systems of democratic countries, international law lacks basic political legitimacy.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByGERALD M. STEINBERG
PEOPLE LISTEN to the proceedings inside the ICJ, in The Hague.

World Court dismisses much of Ukraine's case against Russia

Kyiv had accused Moscow of violating two United Nations treaties

JANUARY 31, 2024ByREUTERS
Ukrainian service members speak to each other in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine June 20, 2022.

Israel must abide by int'l law despite Hamas cynicism - Opinion

According to international law, there are certain instances in which it is permissible to attack hospitals.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByTAL MIMRAN
AN IDF soldier walks through a tunnel underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in November.

Is the ICJ's ruling a verdict or a vindication? - opinion

Israel wasn't ordered to cease fire, but that is far from a vindication.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByIAN WOODBRIDGE
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

The 'Palestinianization' of international law - opinion

Some may think this is solely Israel’s problem. That the double standard will stop there. I disagree.  

JANUARY 18, 2024ByROBERT NEUFELD
A MAN wearing a 'Free Palestine' cap welcomes members of the South African legal team against Israel at the ICJ after their return home, at the airport in Johannesburg, earlier this week.

IDF lawyer to 'Post': We comply with int'l law because of duty to democracy

Senior IDF military lawyer details legal weight of attacks with heavy civilian casualties.

DECEMBER 26, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldiers stand near the opening to a tunnel at Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, November 22, 2023

IDF lawyer to 'Post': Why the Israel-Hamas war is like no other - exclusive

The official said the IDF believes it has taken all “feasible” precautions to warn civilians – only this time, “feasible” is more limited.

DECEMBER 25, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF troops of the 5th Brigade operate in the north Gaza city of Beit Hanoun. December 22, 2023.

Don't reward Hamas's war crimes - opinion

Hamas intentionally hides in Gazan hospitals, schools, and homes because it understands, perversely, that a higher Gazan casualty rate will bring about greater international pressure on Israel.

NOVEMBER 27, 2023ByRUSSELL AVRAHAM SHALEV
An Israeli soldier walks through a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 22, 2023

'Countries providing aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza are breaking the law' - expert

"As long as we have a degree of certainty that some of the aid is being diverted to Hamas - and we do have that certainty - then all the states of the world must refrain from providing [it]."

OCTOBER 26, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Egyptian cleaning workers are seen in front of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, while trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians await for it to open to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 19, 2023.