War & Ethics in the IDF Ethical Code

War & Ethics in the IDF Ethical Code

Adapted from a lecture by Moshe Halbertal, Israeli philosopher, professor and co-author of the Israeli Army Code of Ethics, this article from the Shalom Hartman Institute discusses the challenges the Israel Defense Forces faces when trying to justly fight a war against terror in highly populated civilian areas while applying the ethical guiding principles of proportionality and restriction.