The October 2011 issue of IDI’s Terrorism and Democracy Newsletter includes four articles. The first article overviews the report published by the United Nations Secretary General's Panel of Inquiry on the flotilla incident of May 31, 2000. The report finds the Israeli blockade to be legal but raises some questions about the operation that was conducted to stop the flotilla. In the second article we discuss the Israeli Supreme Court's decision to reject petitions brought by Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks against the prisoner swap in exchange for the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit from Hamas captivity. The third article summarizes the Supreme Court’s decision to reject an appeal brought by a suspected terrorist from Gaza against a district court decision to continue his detention under the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law. In the fourth and last article, we provide a short update on an order by the Military Commander in the West Bank to raise the age of adulthood from 16 to 18 in criminal proceedings before the military court.
IDI’s monthly Terrorism and Democracy Newsletter aims to shed light on some relatively unknown measures and policies adopted by Israel or related to Israel, and to foster discussion on the balance between security interests on one hand, and democratic principles and human rights on the other hand. It surveys recent developments in Israeli law and practices that are intended to reduce or repress terrorist threats. IDI believes that a greater knowledge of Israel's experience in this area may be of value to other societies. We also believe that engaging in international and comparative discourse about Israel's experience is valuable to Israeli society.
Terrorism and Democracy Newsletter: Issue No. 34, October 2011