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26 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 111 (1993-1994)
Preserving the Third Temple: Israel's Right of Anticipatory Self-Defense under International Law

handle is hein.journals/vantl26 and id is 123 raw text is: Preserving the Third Temple: Israel's Right of Anticipatory Self-Defense Under International Law Louis Renb Beres* ABSTRACT In this Article, Professor Beres discusses certain political tensions in the Middle East and the appropriateness of preemptive military action by Israel. He concludes that the ongoing hostilities and threatening over- tures by Israel's enemies could give Israel sufficient basis pursuant to international law to conduct preemptive strikes. Upon reaching this con- clusion, Professor Beres considers the level offorce Israel should employ in various preemptive or counterretaliation scenarios. While the degree of preemption is debatable, the author believes that the preservation of Israel may require some preemptive action in the near future. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................... 112 II. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PREEMPTIVE MEASURES ... 115 III. THE EFFECTS OF PALESTINIAN INDEPENDENCE ..... 131 IV. ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR STRATEGY ...................... 138 A. Nuclear Deterrence ........................ 138 B. Nuclear Retaliation ........................ 144 C. Nuclear Counterretaliation .................. 145 D. Nuclear Preemption ........................ 145 E. Nuclear Warfighting ....................... 146 V. CONCLUSION ...................................... 147 * Professor of International Law, Department of Political Science, Purdue Univer- isty. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1977. The author expresses thanks to Betty Hartman of the Purdue University Department of Political Science for her expeditious and skillful word processing of this manuscript.

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