Eran Shamir-Borer

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Jul 31, 2024, 4:37 PM

Israel must investigate claims of detainee abuse

A heated argument erupts between soldiers at the Sde Teiman detention facility in southern Israel after Military Police investigators arrived to detain suspects for questioning, July 29, 2024. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The politicians who oppose the investigation undermine the IDF’s moral values and the rule of law, and put soldiers at risk of legal proceedings overseas

May 22, 2023, 3:17 PM

A war by any other name still needs the approval of the security cabinet

IDF Home Front Command soldiers in the southern port city of Ashdod on May 12, 2023, amid fighting between Israel and Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group. (Jack Guez/AFP)

The law on national security decision-making needs to be amended to ensure that Israeli leaders cannot independently undertake 'military operations'

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Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer is the director of the Center for Security and Democracy at the Israel Democracy Institute.