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Every state has a right under international law to act preemptive- ly when facing potentially existen- tial aggression. The 1996 Advisory
Opinion of the International Court of Justice even extends such lawful authority to the preemptive use of nuclear weapons in certain residual or last-resort circumstances. For now, however, any purposeful Israeli resort to “anticipatory self- defense” would surely be non- nuclear.
Nonetheless, it is quite likely that the operational window for any such cost-effective conventional tactic has already closed and that Israel would decline any remaining nuclear preemption option, albeit lawful. For now it seems that any Israeli “preemption” would neces- sarily be far more limited, perhaps
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involving the targeted killing of selected enemy scientists or mili- tary figures and substantially expanded cyber-warfare. If Iran should be allowed to become nuclear, in plain contraven- tion of its Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations, Israel would immedi- ately need to enhance the credibili- ty of its (presumed) nuclear deter- rent. This robust second-strike strategic force, hardened, multi- plied and dispersed, would have to be fashioned, observably, to inflict a decisive retaliatory blow against selected enemy cities. In military terms, this means for Israel a more openly counter value-targeted nuclear force. Significantly, the dangers of a nuclear Iran could directly impact the U.S. While it might still be sev- eral years before any Iranian mis- siles could strike American territo- ry, the U.S. could still become as vulnerable as Israel to certain
nuclear-armed terrorist surrogates. In this connection, any American plan for a “rogue state” anti-ballis- tic missile shield, for us, and for our NATO allies, would have pre- cisely the same limited protection benefits as Israel’s already- deployed active defense systems. As long as Iran proudly announces its literally genocidal intentions toward Israel, while simultaneously and illegally devel- oping nuclear weapons and infra- structures, Jerusalem has no reason- able choice but to protect itself with the best means available.
Under longstanding internation-
al law, every government’s most basic and incontestable obligation is the assurance of protection to its citizens.
Louis René Beres, professor of international law at Purdue University, contributed this BESA Center Perspectives paper.
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ifteen former IDF combat soldiers visit- ed with students of the Silverstein Hebrew Academy (SHA) in Great Neck last week. The sol- diers were guests of the Great Neck com- munity as part of the one-week Peace of Mind initiative of the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma at Sarah Herzog Hospital. The soldiers, who trav- eled here with three ther- apists, spent their morn- ings engaged in serious group therapy sessions followed by afternoon tiyulim, fun day trips to Times Square, the Empire State Building and other New York sites. When the soldiers
arrived at the school, they were escorted into an assembly where they were greeted by the students singing Israeli songs, many of which the soldiers recalled singing when they were children themselves, and they sang and clapped along. The singing was followed by a Q&A. The students asked questions — in Hebrew — to the soldiers. Some soldiers responded in English, others in Hebrew, translated by one of the SHA Hebrew teachers. After the assembly, the soldiers visited the kindergarten, where each soldier received two “thank you” cards — one in English, one in Hebrew — as a show of appreciation for defending the land of Israel for all Jews. One kindergartner, who was celebrating a birthday that day, was treated to a rousing rendition of “Hayom Yom Huledet,” sung enthusiastically by the soldiers.
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A former IDF combat soldier is all smiles as he receives “thank you” cards — in English and Hebrew — from a kindergarten student at the Silverstein Hebrew Academy in Great Neck. The soldiers visited the school as part of Sarah Herzog Hospital’s Peace of Mind program.
As the former members of the elite IDF Golani unit left the school, one, who was visibly moved by the encounter, was overheard saying, “Me’od rigshi,” “very emotional.” For more information, visit
www.silversteinhebrewacademy.com. —SP
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