Since October 2023, Just Security has published more than 100 articles analyzing the diplomatic, legal, humanitarian and other consequences of the Israel-Hamas War.
The catalog below organizes our collection of articles primarily about the war into general categories to facilitate access to relevant topics for policymakers, researchers, journalists, scholars, and the public at large. The archive will be updated as new pieces are published.
We welcome readers to use the archive to follow the unfolding situation and generate new lines of analysis. To search headlines and authors, expand one or all of the topics, as needed, and use CTRL-F on your keyboard to open the search tool. The archive also is available in reverse chronological order at the Israel-Hamas War articles page.
Toward a Fuller Understanding of the U.S. (and Israeli) Legal Objections to ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Part II
By Marty Lederman (October 15, 2024)
Toward a Fuller Understanding of U.S. Legal Objections to ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Part I
By Marty Lederman (September 16, 2024)
“With Utmost Urgency”: Arrest Warrants and Amicus Observations at the International Criminal Court
By Adil Ahmad Haque (September 9, 2024)
Expert Explainer: The US for the first time submits a formal brief to the International Criminal Court on the ‘Situation in Palestine’
By Todd Buchwald (August 22, 2024)
Justice for Trans-border Torture Requires Rethinking the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
By Smadar Ben-Natan and Itamar Mann (August 7, 2024)
Sweeping ICC Sanctions Bill Would Harm Victims, U.S. Interests
By Adam Keith (July 17, 2024)
Armed Conflict Classification in the ICC Prosecutor’s Request for Arrest Warrants - Between International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
By Yahli Shereshevsky (June 18, 2024)
A Symposium on the International Criminal Court and the Israel-Hamas War
By Just Security (June 18, 2024)
ICC Arrest Warrant Requests in the Palestine Situation and Complementarity Anxieties: Why a new notification to Israel beforehand was not needed
By Alexandre Skander Galand (June 11, 2024)
The Prosecutor’s Circumvention of Article 18 Complementarity? A Flaw in the ICC’s Palestine Investigation
By Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen (June 1, 2024)
Gaza Arrest Warrants: Assessing Starvation as a Method of Warfare and Associated Starvation Crimes
By Yousuf Syed Khan (May 31, 2024)
The Prosecutor’s Uphill Legal Battle?: The Netanyahu and Gallant ICC Arrest Warrant Requests
By Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) (May 25, 2024)
Sec. Blinken’s View on Sanctions Against the ICC: A More Complete Picture
By Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) (May 22, 2024)
What the ICC Prosecutor Charged – and Didn’t Charge – in Gaza Warrants
By David Luban (@DavidLuban) (May 22, 2024)
The ICC Arrest Warrants: Even a Strong U.S. Reaction Should Not Include Sanctions
By Todd Buchwald (May 22, 2024)
The Just Security Podcast: A Request for ICC Arrest Warrants and the Israel-Hamas War
By Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter), Todd Buchwald, Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum), Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) and Paras Shah (@pshah518) (May 20, 2024)
Nuts & Bolts of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Senior Israeli Officials and Hamas Leaders
By Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum) (May 20, 2024)
Timeline of Int’l Criminal Court Arrest Warrant Applications for Gaza War: What Comes Next and How We Got Here
By Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton), Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) (May 20, 2024)
Announcing a Symposium on the International Criminal Court and Israel-Hamas War
By Just Security (May 25, 2024)
Do Not Destroy the Int’l Criminal Court for Pursuing Accountability in Gaza
By Adam Keith (@adamofkeith) (May 17, 2024)
Physicians and the Push for Accountability for Alleged Abuse of Gazan Prisoners Detained by Israel
By Leonard Rubenstein and Matthew Wynia (October 22, 2024)
Israel’s ‘War on Terror’ and the Legal and Security Imperative to Comply with International Law
By Alyssa Yamamoto (August 5, 2024)
The Just Security Podcast: Assessing the Laws of War
By Cordula Droege, Tess Bridgeman, Paras Shah and Harrison Blank (August 2, 2024)
Humanitarian Notification in Gaza is Broken: How to Document and Respond When Things Go Wrong
By Bailey Ulbricht and Allen Weiner (July 2, 2024)
The Just Security Podcast: Harm to Women in War Goes Beyond Sexual Violence: `Obstetric Violence’ Neglected
By Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF), Viola Gienger (@violagienger) and Paras Shah (@pshah518) (April 26, 2024)
Arms Transfers to Israel: Knowledge and Risk of Violations of International Law
By Vladyslav Lanovoy (@VLanovoy) (April 17, 2024)
Gaza’s Famine is Underway
By Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) (March 28, 2024)
Starvation is Starvation is Starvation.
By Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga (March 25, 2024)
Israeli Civilian Harm Mitigation in Gaza: Gold Standard or Fool’s Gold?
By Larry Lewis (@LarryLewis_) (March 12, 2024)
A Zone of Silence: Obstetric Violence in Gaza and Beyond
By Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF) (February 21, 2024)
Dutch Appeals Court, Finding Clear Risk of IHL Violations, Orders Government to Halt Military Deliveries to Israel
By Yussef Al Tamimi (February 13, 2024)
On Civilians’ Return to North Gaza: What International Humanitarian Law Requires
By Eliav Lieblich (@eliavl) (February 12, 2024)
The Law of Relief Action – Is Israel Required to Allow Fuel into Gaza?
By Rosa-Lena Lauterbach (@rosalauterbach) (January 23, 2024)
Israel’s Rewriting of the Law of War
By Leonard Rubenstein (@lenrubenstein) (December 21, 2023)
In Defense of Gaza’s Hospitals and Health Workers
By Elise Baker (@elise_baker) (December 21, 2023)
Top Legal Experts on Why Aid to Gaza Can’t Be Conditioned on Hostage Release, in response to remarks by US Official
By Just Security (November 20, 2023)
Unpacking Key Assumptions Underlying Legal Analyses of the 2023 Hamas-Israel War
By Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) (October 30, 2023)
Law and Survival in Israel and Palestine
By Janina Dill (October 26, 2023)
The Just Security Podcast: The Siege of Gaza
By Paras Shah (@pshah518), Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum), Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt (@claraapt25) (October 20, 2023)
War on Water Prolongs Misery in Gaza
By Mark Zeitoun (October 17, 2023)
The Directive to Evacuate Northern Gaza: Advance Warning or Forced Displacement?
By Yousuf Syed Khan (@yousufsyedkhan) (October 17, 2023)
Expert Guidance: Law of Armed Conflict in the Israel-Hamas War
By Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw), Michael W. Meier (@MWMeier23) and Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) (October 17, 2023)
Rare ICRC Public Statement Calls for “Pause” in Gaza Fighting
By Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) (October 13, 2023)
The Siege of Gaza and the Starvation War Crime
By Tom Dannenbaum (@tomdannenbaum) (October 11, 2023)
Where Is the ICC Prosecutor?
By Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) (October 11, 2023)
A Perilous Senate Hearing on Bill to Sanction the International Criminal Court
By Rebecca Hamilton and Ryan Goodman (September 24, 2024)
Don’t Sanction the ICC for Doing its Job
By Michael Maya (August 27, 2024)
The State Department’s Wrong Decision to Exempt IDF Unit from Leahy Law Ineligibility
By Charles O. (Cob) Blaha (August 9, 2024)
Israel and the Leahy Law
By Charles O. (Cob) Blaha (June 10, 2024)
Key Takeaways from Biden Administration Report on Israeli Use of US Weapons
By John Ramming Chappell (@jwrchappell) (May 11, 2024)
State Department Submits Key Report to Congress on Israel’s Use of US Weapons
By Just Security (May 10, 2024)
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel
By Noura Erakat (@4noura) and Josh Paul (April 24, 2024)
Section 620I: No Military Assistance to States Restricting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance
By Brian Finucane (@BCFinucane) (March 19, 2024)
Israel, the United States, and the Fourth Geneva Convention
By Brian Finucane (@BCFinucane) (February 24, 2024)
The “War Reserve Stockpile Allies – Israel” Explained & Why Congress Should Not Expand It
By John Ramming Chappell (@jwrchappell) and Sarah Harrison (@Seharrison7) (January 16, 2024)
Regional Conflict in the Middle East and the Limitations of the War Powers Resolution
By Brian Finucane (@BCFinucane) (January 8, 2024)
U.S. Policymakers’ Lessons from Yemen for Gaza
By Wa’el Alzayat (@WaelAlzayat) and Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) (December 22, 2023)
Senator Sanders’ New Resolution Could Force U.S. to Confront Any Complicity in Civilian Harm in Gaza
By John Ramming Chappell (@jwrchappell) and Hassan El-Tayyab (@HassanElTayyab) (December 18, 2023)
It’s Time to Close the Door on Biden’s Saudi Defense Deal
By Shahed Ghoreishi (@ShahedGhoreishi) (November 16, 2023)
Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to Israel
By John Ramming Chappell (@jwrchappell), Annie Shiel (@annieshiel), Seth Binder (@seth_binder), Elias Yousif, Bill Monahan and Amanda Klasing (@AMKlasing) (November 8, 2023)
International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation and Find a Path to Peace
By Binaifer Nowrojee (July 25, 2024)
We Charge Genocide: Redux
By Matiangai Sirleaf (July 15, 2024)
Halt: The International Court of Justice and the Rafah Offensive
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110) (May 24, 2024)
“Famine is Setting in”: The International Court of Justice Returns to Gaza
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110) (March 30, 2024)
The Implications of An ICJ Finding that Israel is Committing the Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid
By Victor Kattan (@VictorKattan) (March 20, 2024)
Taking Stock of ICJ Decisions in the ‘Ukraine v. Russia’ Cases–And implications for South Africa’s case against Israel
By Oona A. Hathaway (@oonahathaway) (February 5, 2024)
Between Rhetoric and Effects: The ICJ Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel
By Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) (February 1, 2024)
Strategic Litigation Takes the International Stage: South Africa v Israel in Its Broader Context
By James A. Goldston (@JamesAGoldston) (January 31, 2024)
Why the ICJ Ruling Misses the Mark: Mitigating Civilian Harm With An Enemy Engaged in Human Shielding
By Claire O. Finkelstein (@COFinkelstein) and General (ret.) Joseph Votel (January 29, 2024)
The Just Security Podcast: ICJ Provisional Measures in South Africa v. Israel
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110), Oona A. Hathaway (@oonahathaway), Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1), Paras Shah (@pshah518) and Clara Apt (@claraapt25) (January 26, 2024)
Top Experts’ Views of Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Israel Gaza Operations (South Africa v Israel, Genocide Convention Case)
By Just Security (January 26, 2024)
Unpacking the Int’l Court of Justice Judgment in South Africa v Israel (Genocide Case)
By Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) and Siven Watt (@SivenWatt) (January 26, 2024)
International Courts as the Last Hope for Humanity
By Chile Eboe-Osuji (@EboeOsuji) (January 24, 2024)
South Africa vs. Israel at the International Court of Justice: A Battle Over Issue-Framing and the Request to Suspend the War
By Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) and Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) (January 16, 2024)
How the International Court of Justice Should Stop the War in Gaza
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110) (January 15, 2024)
The Promise and Risk of South Africa’s Case Against Israel
By Alaa Hachem and Oona A. Hathaway (@oonahathaway) (January 4, 2024)
Japanese Translation: 南アフリカ対イスラエル事件の期待とリスク
Selective Use of Facts and the Gaza Genocide Debate
By Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) and Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) (January 2, 2024)
Assessing Jus Ad Bellum Proportionality: A Factored Approach
By Charlie Trumbull (July 2, 2024)
Q&A with Eliav Lieblich on Iran-Israel Hostilities
By Eliav Lieblich (@eliavl) (April 16, 2024)
Revisiting International Law in the Gaza Context
By Nicholas Rostow (January 17, 2024)
Proportionality in Self-Defense: A Brief Reply
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110) (November 14, 2023)
The Problem of Proportionality: A Response to Adil Haque
By Charles Kels (November 14, 2023)
Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict
By Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110) (November 6, 2023)
The U.N. Security Council Must Treat All Victims of Sexual Violence Equally
By Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF) (April 23, 2024)
“The time for decisive action is now”: Former U.N. Experts Open Letter on Rafah
By Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF) (February 22, 2024)
Who Will Govern Gaza? Lessons From the U.N.’s 1957 Experiment
By Kal Raustiala (February 8, 2024)
Planning Ahead: How the US May Recover Its Diplomatic Standing at the UN After the Gaza War
By Richard Gowan (@RichardGowan1) (January 30, 2024)
Policy Alert: UN Secretary-General Invokes Article 99 in Letter to Security Council on Gaza
By Daniel Forti (@FortiD) (December 7, 2023)
What is the U.N. General Assembly Able to Do on the Israel-Hamas War?
By Rebecca Barber (@becjbarber) (October 24, 2023)
Beyond Law: Reaffirming the Centrality of Ethics in War
By Elke Schwarz and Neil Renic (October 7, 2024)
To End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stop Focusing on Peace
By Jonathan Panikoff (@jpanikoff) (April 4, 2024)
How Israel Took the Terrorists’ Bait
By Matthew Levinger (February 13, 2024)
Finding Light in the Darkness: A Meditation on Remembrance
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft (January 27, 2024)
Keeping Sight of Our Moral Compass as the Israel-Hamas War Rages
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft (December 20, 2023)
A Plea to the International Law Community: On De-Humanizing and the October 7th Atrocities
By Yahli Shereshevsky (@YShereshevsky) (December 4, 2023)
In Gaza, Catastrophic Violence of War and Slow Violence of Oppression Collide
By Zinaida Miller (@ZinaidaMiller) (November 8, 2023)
The Just Security Podcast: Assessing the Recent Response of International Law and Institutions in Palestine and Israel
By Ardi Imseis, Shahd Hammouri, Victor Kattan, Matiangai Sirleaf, Paras Shah and Clara Apt (August 21, 2024)
Toward an International Register of Damage for the Occupation of Palestinian Territory
By Mark Lattimer (August 1, 2024)
No Simple End: The ICJ and Remedies for Illegal Practices in the Occupied Territories
By Yuval Shany (@yuvalshany1) and Amichai Cohen (@amichaic) (March 12, 2024)
Unhuman Killings: AI and Civilian Harm in Gaza
By Brianna Rosen (@rosen_br) (December 15, 2023)
License to Kill: The Israel-Gaza Conflict and the UK’s Arms Exports Regime
By Udit Mahalingam (@UGMahalingam) (December 5, 2023)
Social Media Platform Integrity Matters in Times of War
By Nora Benavidez (@AttorneyNora) (October 13, 2023)
Policy Alert: Key Questions in Hamas’ Attack on Israel and What Comes Next
By Brianna Rosen (@rosen_br) and Viola Gienger (@violagienger) (October 9, 2023)