Alan Dershowitz on Israel and Hamas

The Volokh Conspiracy ^ | October 3, 2014 | Eugene Volokh

[right-wing agnostic]

Noted Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz has a new book out, “Terror Tunnels: The Case for Israel’s Just War Against Hamas,” a collection of essays that forcefully defend Israel’s actions against Hamas, both from before the most recent fighting (Part I) and since (Part II). The book also includes a long debate (about 15 percent of the book) between Dershowitz and John Dugard, a sharp critic of Israel. Here’s an excerpt from Dershowitz’s conclusion to the book, which I think captures his argument well:

[right-wing agnostic]

While I think Professor Dershowitz is often misguided, sometimes he hits a grand slam./rwa