While the United States is not actively participating in the hostilities in Gaza, it provides billions of dollars in assistance to the Israeli military every year—more than any other country in the world. Five months into the war, with rampant destruction of civilian infrastructure and a shocking number of civilian casualties, what responsibility does the United States have to ensure that its military assistance is not used to commit serious violations of international law? Join us for our continued discussion of the legal framework for the war in Gaza, with a focus on U.S. law and policy on civilian harm and arms transfers to Israel.

Speakers:

Elisa Massimino (moderator), Executive Director and Visiting Professor of Law, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown Law
Josh Paul, Former Director, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Non-resident Fellow, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Natalie Davidson, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law; Senior Lecturer, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Annie Shiel, U.S. Advocacy Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict
Cob Blaha, former Director, Office of Security and Human Rights, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State