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book Series: 
IPS Papers
Defence or Aggression?: U.S. Arms Export Control Laws and the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
Author: 
William Espinosa
Les Janka
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
1983
Language: 
Arabic
Number of Pages: 
30
Keywords: 
قانون ضبط صادرات السلاح وقانون المساعدات الخارجية
القنابل العنقودية
اتفاقية المساعدة الدفاعية المشتركة بين الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل
تاريخ الاجتياح الاسرائيلي للبنان
العلاقات العسكرية الاسرائيلية الاميركية
المساعدة العسكرية الاميركية لاسرائيل
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Abstract

This legal study demonstrates that the Israeli use of U.S.-manufactured arms in its invasion of Lebanon during the summer of 1982 was a clear violation of United States policy governing arms exports. It also notes that this occurred despite the fact that U.S. laws require the immediate declaration of any violation of this policy, as well as requiring the halting of arms exports to any party that is in violation of the policy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

William Espinosa is a graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University. He is the author of several articles on international law in specialized periodicals and practices law in Washington, D.C.

Les Janka is a graduate of the University of Redlands in California in the 1970s and the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He served as an aide in the National Security Council in the White House and as Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defence for Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs.