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Journal of International Security Studies

[Keywords] terrorism, US counter-terrorism strategy, counter-terrorism policy, the
Trump administration, America First
[Authors] WU Bingke, Ph.D. Candidate, School of International Relations and
Public Affairs, Fudan University; ZHANG Jiadong, Professor, Institute of
International Studies, Fudan University (Shanghai, 200433).

128 “Fighting Terror” and the Evolution of Israel’s Military Ethics
WANG Shuming

[Abstract] According to international public opinion, Israel’s “fighting terror” has
become increasingly merciless since the beginning of the 21st century. However,
from Israel’s perspective, the practices of “fighting terror” are still largely in line
with the traditional ethical code of “purity of arms” advocated by Israel Defense
Forces (IDF). Actually, the creation of Israel’s combat code and its practices in

“fighting terror” walk hand-in-hand and work in a mutually reinforcing way. The
practices call for the creation of norms while the “fighting terror” military ethics
interpret and guide the practices. The extended definition of “terrorism”, the blurred
distinction between civilians and combatants, “military necessity”, the precedence
given to the protection of combatants’ lives over the minimization of collateral
damage, the alternative way to interpret the “proportionality” of violence, all
constitute the features of Israel’s military ethics in “fighting terror” as proposed by
Asa Kasher and Amos Yadlin. Israel’s ‘fighting terror’ practices and its military
ethics have triggered a heated debate in both the international academic community
and the field of international public opinion and thus sparked negative reactions
towards Israel. However, the right deviationist trend and religionization in social
politics of Israel have rendered them strong internal momentum. Between “nation”
and “democracy”, Israel’s public opinion has shifted the balance in favor of “nation”.
Influential religious forces holding high the banner of Zionism have massively
infiltrated into the IDF, which will exert a far-reaching impact on the evolution of
IDF’s military ethics of “fighting terror”.
[Keywords] Israel, “War on Terror”, Asa Kasher, military ethics of “fighting terror”
[Author] WANG Shuming, Associate Researcher, Institute of International Relations,

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (Shanghai, 200020).
（本期英文编辑：张国帅 高静）

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