Publications
Military Operations — Legal Aspects
Reports on Military Operations
- The Gaza Border Events 2018-2019
- The 2014 Gaza Conflict: Legal Aspects
- The 2008-2009 Gaza Conflict: Factual and Legal Aspects
Approaches to Particular Legal Issues
- Israel’s Statement regarding the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA) – 2022
- Israel’s Perspective on Key Legal and Practical Issues Concerning the Application of International Law to Cyber Operations – 2020
- Comments from the State of Israel on the International Law Commission’s Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts – 2019
- Israel’s Comments and Observations to the International Law Commission’s Draft Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law – 2018
- Israel’s Statement at the CCW on Legal Reviews of Weapons – 2016
Select Addresses of the IDF Military Advocate General
- Opening Remarks of the Military Advocate General, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, at the IDF International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict 2023
- Opening Remarks of the Military Advocate General, Major General Sharon Afek, at the IDF International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict 2019
- Sharon Afek, We're Not in Beersheba Anymore: Discussing Contemporary Challenges in the Law of Armed Conflict with 120 International Lawyers, 51 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2018)
Academic Publications
The following academic publications were written by MAG Corps officers during their service in the IDF. The opinions shared in these publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IDF.
- Roni Katzir and Steve Fikhman, Prize Law and the Unique Nature of the Law of Naval Warfare: Comments on Recent Israeli Jurisprudence, 52 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2022)
- Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, The Revival of Prize Law – An Introduction to the Summary of Recent Cases of the Prize Court in Israel, 50 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2020)
- Noam Neuman, Challenges in the Interpretation and Application of the Principle of Distinction During Ground Operations in Urban Areas, 51 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2018)
- Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, Fight, Forge, and Fund: Three Select Issues on Targeting of Person, 51 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2018)
- Roni Katzir, Four Comments on the Application of Proportionality under the Law of Armed Conflict, 51 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2018)
- Dvir Saar & Ben Wahlhaus, Preventive Detention for National Security Purposes in Israel, 9 Journal of National Security Law & Policy 413 (2018)