{"id":73,"date":"2005-03-25T18:48:36","date_gmt":"2005-03-25T18:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-06-05T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:49:23","slug":"morality-in-armed-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2005\/03\/25\/morality-in-armed-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Morality in Armed Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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“<\/strong>Morality in Armed Conflict<\/strong>“<\/strong><\/h3>\n

March 25, 2005
\nCrawford Hall, Room 14<\/strong><\/h3>\n

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Amos Guiora<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Case Visiting Professor of Law and Lt. Colonel, Israeli Defense Forces<\/p>\n

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Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

This Friday, our lunch discussion will focus on what may be the hardest issue of all: whether there can be any morality in war.<\/p>\n

War is hell, it has been said. \u00a0Hell is not known for good behavior.\u00a0 But there have long been efforts to create rules and law of proper behavior in war, from the codes of chivalry to the Geneva Conventions.<\/p>\n

The concept of \u201cwar crime\u201d may seem an oxymoron if war is the greatest crime of all. \u00a0It may also be ignored by those who believe that war is for survival and survival is the ultimate law.\u00a0 Probably most people, however, think of armed conflict as something in which it is sometimes necessary that their countries engage, but on which there should be some limits, some bounds of decency or at least prudence.<\/p>\n

The disgusting pictures from Abu\u00a0Ghraib\u00a0and \u201ccollateral damage\u201d in the invasion and occupation of Iraq should bring these issues home to Americans. \u00a0But Israelis have had to think constantly about war and its limits since the birth of their nation in armed conflict, and that was only exacerbated when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza in 1967.<\/p>\n

Visiting Professor of Law Amos\u00a0Guiora\u00a0has had to deal with these issues at first hand. \u00a0He is also Lt. Colonel\u00a0Guiora\u00a0of the Israeli\u00a0Defence\u00a0Forces Judge Advocate General Corps.\u00a0 He has been Commander of the IDF School of Military Law, Judge Advocate for the Navy and Home Front Command, and Legal Advisor to the Gaza Strip.\u00a0 He has had to both train soldiers and commanders in a code of conduct, and judge violations of the code.<\/p>\n

He will discuss\u00a0Morality in Armed Conflict<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0at this week\u2019s Friday Public Affairs Lunch Discussion,\u00a0March 25 from\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the\u00a0Toepfer\u00a0Room on the Second Floor of\u00a0Adelbert\u00a0Hall<\/b><\/strong>.\u00a0 As usual, cookies and beverages will be provided to accompany the lunch you bring.\u00a0 Please come with questions.<\/p>\n

Best,
\nJoseph White, Ph.D.
\nFamily Professor and Chair
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nDirector, Center for Policy Studies
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/p>\n

About Our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Case Western Reserve University\u2019s School of Law decided to teach national security law, it turned to its 1985 graduate, Amos N. Guiora, from the Israel Defense Forces, an expert in the legal aspects of security and counter-terrorism. Guiora will spend the next year at the law school as a visiting member of the law faculty.<\/p>\n

Part of the legal expertise Guiora brings to Case is negotiations in Washington, D.C., of the \u201csafe passage\u201d agreement between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with the Palestinians, the Gaza-Jericho Agreement and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement. Guiora has also served as Judge Advocate of the Israeli Navy during the capture of the Katrine A\u2014a Palestinian gun-running ship.<\/p>\n

His legal expertise was integral in forging the Gaza-Jericho Agreement and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years, Amos Guiora has been a frequent visitor and lecturer at the Case School of Law,\u201d said Gerald Korngold, McCurdy Professor and dean of the law school. \u201cAmos continually has received an overwhelming reception by the students and faculty. His wealth of knowledge and expertise in security issues at the national and international levels will enhance the education provided to Case law students and the Case community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guiora, who was born in Israel but moved to the United States before the first grade and has dual citizenship, grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich., and attended Kenyon College where he graduated in 1979 with honors in history. He claims to own one of the largest Wolverine football tape collections outside the United States.<\/p>\n

Prior to attending law school at Case, Guiora worked in Washington, D.C., for two years as assistant to U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe (D-Mich.) and one year for a communications consulting company.<\/p>\n

Shortly after graduating from Case, he moved to Israel and was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 18 years, I have been very involved in national security\/counter-terrorism issues, in negotiating with the Palestinians and teaching international and counter-terrorism law,\u201d elaborated Guiora via email from Israel.<\/p>\n

He also held senior positions as Commander of the Israeli Defense Forces School of Military Law, Judge Advocate for the Navy and Home Front Command and Lead Advisor to the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

During a NATO conference in Prague, Guiora came to the international media\u2019s attention with his demonstration of interactive software that he developed that teaches IDF commanders and soldiers an 11-point code of conduct in their relationship with Palestinian citizens during conflicts. He also has shown the software to the U.S. military and government officials in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the only such software in the world and has had incredible responses from the target audience of the IDF commanders and soldiers and from the international community,\u201d he said. The software that was developed at the IDF School of Military Law commanded by Guiora until recently has been translated into English and made available internationally.<\/p>\n

Spring 2005 Semester Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 1: Toepfer Room: Sharona Hoffman, Associate Professor of Law, \u201cRace and the Law.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 8: Toepfer Room: Robert Clarke Brown, Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and Capital Markets Advisor at the U.S. Department of Transportation: \u201cThe Politics of Airports.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 15: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 22: Toepfer Room: Robert Walters Ph.D., \u201cResponding to Humanitarian Emergencies \u2013 What a Geologist Learned at the State Department.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parking:\u00a0<\/strong>People who due to mobility concerns need to make special arrangements for parking for the Public Affairs Discussion Group Friday Lunch Series can send their request for parking to,\u00a0patricia.cornacchione@case.edu<\/a>\u00a0or you can call 216-368-4440 and speak to Pat or Fay to make arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“<\/strong>Morality in Armed Conflict<\/strong>“<\/strong>
\nMarch 25, 2005
\nCrawford Hall, Room 14<\/strong>
\n12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Amos Guiora<\/strong><\/p>\n

Case Visiting Professor of Law and Lt. Colonel, Israeli Defense Forces<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

This Friday, our lunch discussion will focus on what may be the hardest issue of all: whether there can be any morality in war.<\/p>\n

War is hell, it has been said. \u00a0Hell is not known for good behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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