Event Courses and Workshops War and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel

Date and Location

  • When: Thursday, September 26, 2024

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

  • This event will be livestreamed on zoomgov.com External. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.

  • Where: Online Only

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Join foreign law specialist Ruth Levush as she discusses legal developments in Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and its aftermath. Among topics that will be addressed are the declaration of war and of special situation on home front following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack; temporary legislation on detention of “unlawful combatants”; cyber security measures; restrictions on consumption of terrorism publications and on foreign broadcasters’ activities; employment protection to hostages, evacuees, reservists and their families and military draft and its enforcement.