Peter Weiss is co-president of the International Association
of Lawyers Against Nuclear Weapons and president
emeritus of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy.
This commentary originally appeared on July 10, 2013
at OtherWords.org. An update has been added under the
heading “Looking Toward the Future.”
There is indeed an international law applicable to the occupation, which dates back
to the ius gentium practiced 2000 years ago in what is now Israel and the territory it
occupies.
The United States has failed to comply with the obligation to negotiate in good faith for
a nuclear weapons-free world, but the tide of resistance to nuclear weapons is rising.