Former Israeli Justice Talks of Protecting the State
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As Israel began erecting a concrete wall in the West Bank
to prevent suicide bombers from crossing its borders, Justice
Aharon Barak responded by drawing legal boundaries around
acceptable military actions. His main concern, as then-president
of the Supreme Court of Israel
was to ensure that “the
struggle against terrorism is
not conducted outside the
law, but within the law.”
During the 50th Annual
Roberts Lecture at the
National Constitution Center
last September, Justice
Barak, who retired from the
court in 2006, described the
tension between protecting
the state and preserving the
rights of suspected terrorists
in a country that is on constant
security alert.
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