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The '''Dahiya doctrine''' refers to an [[Israeli Defense Forces]] military doctrine in which the army deliberately targets civilian infrastructure and populations considered to be sympathetic or supportive of the enemy, in order increase deterrence.<ref name="katz">Yaakov Katz, [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147969888&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Analysis: The Dahiya Doctrine vs. the Goldstone Report], Jerusalem Post 25-01-2010</ref> Employed by the [[Israel Defense Forces]], the doctrine is named after a [[Hizbullah]] stronghold in Beirut with large apartment buildings, which were bombed by the IDF during the [[2006 Lebanon War]].<ref name=katz/><ref name="Self">[http://www.mantlethought.org/content/self-fulfilling-dahiya-doctrine The Self-Fulfilling Dahiya Doctrine]</ref> |
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A 2009 report by the [[Public Committee Against Torture in Israel]] defined the doctrine: "The military approach expressed in the Dahiye Doctrine deals with asymmetrical combat against an enemy that is not a regular army and is embedded within civilian population; its objective is to avoid a protracted guerilla war. According to this approach Israel has to employ tremendous force disproportionate to the magnitude of the enemy’s actions." The report further argues that the doctrine was fully implemented during [[Operation Cast Lead]].<ref name="NoSecond">[http://www.stoptorture.org.il/files/no%20second%20thoughts_ENG_WEB.pdf"No Second Thoughts"] The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel</ref> |
A 2009 report by the [[Public Committee Against Torture in Israel]] defined the doctrine: "The military approach expressed in the Dahiye Doctrine deals with asymmetrical combat against an enemy that is not a regular army and is embedded within civilian population; its objective is to avoid a protracted guerilla war. According to this approach Israel has to employ tremendous force disproportionate to the magnitude of the enemy’s actions." The report further argues that the doctrine was fully implemented during [[Operation Cast Lead]].<ref name="NoSecond">[http://www.stoptorture.org.il/files/no%20second%20thoughts_ENG_WEB.pdf"No Second Thoughts"] The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:13, 5 April 2011
The Dahiya doctrine refers to an Israeli Defense Forces military doctrine in which the army deliberately targets civilian infrastructure and populations considered to be sympathetic or supportive of the enemy, in order increase deterrence.[1] Employed by the Israel Defense Forces, the doctrine is named after a Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut with large apartment buildings, which were bombed by the IDF during the 2006 Lebanon War.[1][2]
A 2009 report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel defined the doctrine: "The military approach expressed in the Dahiye Doctrine deals with asymmetrical combat against an enemy that is not a regular army and is embedded within civilian population; its objective is to avoid a protracted guerilla war. According to this approach Israel has to employ tremendous force disproportionate to the magnitude of the enemy’s actions." The report further argues that the doctrine was fully implemented during Operation Cast Lead.[3]
The doctrine was defined by Israeli journalist Yaron London as follows:
We have failed in our sophisticated attempts to distinguish between innocent individuals and sinning leaders. We have failed in the effort to distinguish between “simple people who also have fathers and children” and those who incite those simple folk. Without saying so explicitly, we reached the conclusion that nations are responsible for their leaders’ acts.
In practical terms, the Palestinians in Gaza are all Khaled Mashaal, the Lebanese are all Nasrallah, and the Iranians are all Ahmadinejad. [4]
The 2009 Goldstone report quoted IDF Northern Command Chief Gadi Eisenkot, who said, "What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on. We will apply disproportionate force on it and cause great damage and destruction there. From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases. [...] This is not a recommendation. This is a plan. And it has been approved."[5][6]
Some experts in international law have argued that the Dahiya Doctrine falls under the definition of terrorism. For example Princeton University professor of International Law, Richard Falk argued that under the doctrine "the civilian infrastructure of adversaries such as Hamas or Hezbollah are treated as permissible military targets, which is not only an overt violation of the most elementary norms of the law of war and of universal morality, but an avowal of a doctrine of violence that needs to be called by its proper name: STATE TERRORISM." [7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Yaakov Katz, Analysis: The Dahiya Doctrine vs. the Goldstone Report, Jerusalem Post 25-01-2010
- ^ The Self-Fulfilling Dahiya Doctrine
- ^ "No Second Thoughts" The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
- ^ Yaron London, [http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3605863,00.html The Dahiya strategy: Israel finally realizes that Arabs should be accountable for their leaders’ acts, YNet 08-06-2010
- ^ Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (September 15, 2009). "HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES" (PDF). The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases" Israel warns Hizbullah war would invite destruction, Maj.-Gen. Eisenkot tells Yedioth Ahronoth. 10.03.08
- ^ http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/israel%E2%80%99s-israeli-violence-against-separation-wall-protests-along-the-road-of-state-terrorism/