Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025
The following study offers a thorough historical exploration and a quantitative-statistical analysis of the allegation that the State of Israel committed genocide against the Gazan population following the October 7, 2023, massacre. Specifically, we address the claims that Israel intentionally starved the Gazan population, that IDF ground forces deliberately massacred civilians, and that the Israeli […]
Gaza and the Logic of High-Intensity Urban Warfare (with Jonathan Boxman, Yagil Henkin and Jonathan Braverman)
To analyze a war accurately, one must apply an analytical framework suited to its actual character. This requirement is nowhere more evident than in assessments of the Gaza War between Israel and Hamas. Much commentary on the conflict has implicitly measured it against a perceived “gold standard” of humane warfare: restrained campaigns emphasizing separation between insurgents and […]
Relapse into Barbarism? Explaining the Port Arthur Massacre, November 1894
Between November 21 and 24, 1894, during the First Sino-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese forces perpetrated a large-scale massacre in Port Arthur, a strategic port in southern Manchuria. This event, relatively understudied in English-language historiography, ran contrary to the Imperial Army’s policy and undermined Japan’s concurrent initiatives to secure Western recognition as a “civilized state.” Moreover, […]
Atrocity and Reciprocity during the Boxer War (1900-1): A Socio-Legal Perspective (with Ziv Bohrer)
Recent discussions among historians, jurists, and political scientists have increasingly centred on the effectiveness of the Laws of Armed Conflict in safeguarding legally protected groups such as civilians and prisoners of war. Central to this debate is the question of how a state’s public commitment to international law aligns with the actual conduct of its […]