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21 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 1 (1982-1983)
Israel's Counter-Fedayeen Tactics in Lebanon: Self-Defense and Reprisal under Modern International Law

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Israel's Counter-Fedayeen Tactics in
Lebanon: Self-Defense and Reprisal
Under Modern International Law*
BARRY LEVENFELD**
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.  INTRODUCTION  ....................................  2
II. LEGAL   RESPONSIBILITY  OF LEBANON   TO  CONTROL
FEDAYEEN  ............................................  5
A.   The Legal Standards ........................    6
B.   The Inability  of Lebanon    to  Control the
Fedayeen  ...................................    9
C.  The Legitimacy of the Palestinian Struggle ....  12
II. ALTERNATIVE LEGAL ANALYSES OF ISRAELI RESPONSES
TO LEBANESE VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: FOUR
FRAMEWORKS   ....................................   14
A. Restricted   Self-Defense  Under    The   U.N.
Charter  .....................................  15
1. Support for the Restrictive Interpretation  15
2. History of Security Council Action on Israeli
Claims: Restrictive Interpretation in Action?  17
3. The Inadequacy of the Restrictive Inter-
pretation of Self-Defense .................  19
B.   Continuing State of War .....................  22
1. Support for the State of War Thesis .....  22
2. Consequences of the State of War Thesis   23
3. Rejection of the State of War Thesis ....  24
* This is a revised version of a monograph prepared at Harvard Law School in Spring
of 1980 under the guidance of Professor Alan Dershowitz.
** A.B. 1976; J.D. 1980; (Harvard University); member of the New York Bar.

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