A trio of academics claimed last week in a Stanford University crowd that Israel’s retaliation for Hamas ‘ shock attack on October 7, 2023 was “unwarranted and extreme.”
According to The Stanford Daily, Bailey Ulbricht of the Stanford Humanitarian Program and Allen Weiner of Stanford Law School claimed Israel” may include known” the day after it was attacked that achieving Hamas’s aim was impossible without” causing increased harm.”
Oregon State University’s professor of geology, Jamon Van Den Hoek, and doctoral student Corey Scher from CUNY joined Ulbricht and Weiner.
The Stanford scholars brought up” jus ad bellum”, ( literally translated to the “right to war” ) a “pillar” of war theory that governs” when states may use force in their international relations”.
Ulbricht, who “works on constitutional projects aimed at reducing harm in conflict settings and various uncomfortable environments”, and Weiner, a global security and worldwide conflict resolution expert, conceded they “did not know” perfectly when jus ad bellum officially is violated, and agreed Israel had a “legitimate” right to defend itself under the UN Charter’s Article 51.
But they were sure that Israel’s activities following Hamas ‘ invasion were unlawful.
Ulbricht compared the harm Israel has caused to Gaza to that that Russia has caused to Ukraine, supported by Scher and Van Den Hoek’s files.
Ulbricht ( pictured ) said 88 percent of Gazan health facilities and 70 percent of water facilities were damaged after just six weeks of Israel’s counter-offensive, whereas only 10 percent of the former in Ukraine suffered damage via Russia after a full year.
Ulbricht even claimed Israel had “other genuine choices” to target such as weapons stores and” Hamas’s important military workers”.
Weiner claimed that Israel “violates just global law.” It “has no power to protest or reason itself from duty”.
Anti-Israel actions at Stanford since the Israel-Hamas war began include activists taking over the president’s office, a lecturer singling out a Jewish student in an exercise allegedly demonstrating “oppressed” vs. “oppressor”, and a 20-student strong” Sit-In to Stop]Israel’s ] Genocide” which began mere days after Hamas ‘ attack.
Further: Lots of students, faculty demand Duquesne U. denounce Israel ‘ war crime ‘
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