Le esecuzioni mirate: i casi di Israele e Stai Uniti

Israel has stated publicly that it intends to pursue a policy of targeting and killing Palestinian militants. The jewish state created a new vocabulary and important American policymakers, officials, and media com-mentators have echoed Israeli arguments. Some think attacks by the Israelis on specific Palestinian targets are legal because the leaders are engaged in aggressive warfare. Others, including Secretary of State Colin Powell, are opposed to the practice. Israel says the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders are necessary as part of its effort to prevail in an armed conflict short of war. Palestinians denounce the killings as extra-judicial executions. Military experts tend to disagree with the Palestinians, even while conceding that such attacks fall into a grey area. The attack on Sheik Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, exposed the groing debate among Israelis about such strikes.;

Paolo Di Motoli, Le esecuzioni mirate: i casi di Israele e Stai Uniti in "TEORIA POLITICA" 2/2004, pp , DOI: