Joel Zivot Journalist Profile

Articles

Beyond 'Lucky Ones': Modern Jewish Response to Global Threats

Dec 31, 2024 | jurist.org | Joel Zivot

The author, a practicing physician and medical ethicist, explores hat Holocaust survival rates and a classic probability puzzle tell us about Jewish responses to today's rising antisemitism... On December 15, Israel announced the closure of its embassy in Ireland. Israel blamed the extreme anti-Israel policies brought forth by the Irish government.
Alexei Navalny: A New 'Invitation to a Beheading'

Dec 20, 2024 | jurist.org | Joel Zivot |Ingrid Burke Friedman

Dr. Joel Zivot and JURIST Editorial Director Ingrid Burke Friedman discuss the mystery surrounding the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny earlier this year. Zivot and Friedman highlight poor conditions in Russia's prisons and posit the existence of a fundamental insecurity in Russia's government... Exactly three years ago, I came back to Russia after treatment following my poisoning. I was arrested at the airport. And for three years, I’ve been in prison.
International Criminal Court Undermines Its Own Legitimacy in Israel Case

Dec 4, 2024 | jurist.org | Joel Zivot

The author, a medical ethicist and practicing physician, argues that the ICC's recent issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders represents dangerous prosecutorial overreach that undermines both Israel's demonstrated capacity for self-governance and the ICC's own legitimacy as an international tribunal...
The Dilution of 'Genocide': Why We Need a New Term for Mass Atrocities

Sep 12, 2024 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |Joel Zivot

The author, a practicing physician and medical ethicist, argues the term "genocide" has been diluted through overuse and misapplication, particularly in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and proposes a new term, "exaleipsicide," to more accurately describe the intentional elimination of an entire group…In the Israel-Hamas war, accusations of an Israeli “genocide” against the people of Gaza have created fierce debate and, consequently, warrant a reappraisal of the meaning of the term.
From Troy to Sde Teiman: The Cycle of Brutality in War

Aug 18, 2024 | jurist.org | Joel Zivot

The author, a physician and medical ethicist, argues that the alleged abuses at Israel's Sde Teiman detention center reflect a universal human tendency towards brutality in war, highlighting the ethical challenges faced by militaries in maintaining humanity while dealing with enemy combatants... In legend, Achilles, Greek warrior and hero of the Trojan War, fought Trojan prince Hector to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus.
The UN and Proportionality: In War, Shoot First and Ask No Questions

Jun 26, 2024 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |Joel Zivot

The author, a medical ethicist and practicing physician, argues that the UN's criticism of Israel's recent hostage rescue operation as a potential war crime reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of proportionality in war, as well as of the distinction between police action and warfare...
From Gaza to Uvalde: The Complicated Moral Imperative to Rescue Our Own

Jun 13, 2024 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |Joel Zivot

The author, a physician and medical ethicist at Emory University, explores Israel's recent hostage rescue operation from moral and strategic perspectives... In the aftermath of the recent rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, an analysis of such extraction operations is warranted. To put this event in context, three things must be understood. First, hostage taking is a war crime. Second, hostage rescue is extremely logistically difficult.
Opinion | Plenty of Food Aid Is Getting to Gaza

Jun 5, 2024 | wsj.com | Joel Zivot |Matthew Rabinowitz

More, in fact, than before the war. If Palestinians are starving, it is Hamas’s fault, not Israel’s. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court accuses Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of violating a law against “intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.” The statute requires a proof of intent, and the facts disprove the accusation.
The Doctor’s Dilemma: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Treating Prisoners of War

May 28, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Joel Zivot

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The Doctor’s Dilemma: Navigating Ethical Challenges in Treating Prisoners of War

May 28, 2024 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |Joel Zivot

The author, a physician and medical ethicist, explores the balance physicians must strike when treating prisoners of war... Recently, medical workers at Israeli hospitals told BBC News that Palestinian detainees from Gaza were “shackled and blindfolded” while they received treatment. Physicians owe a duty to their patients based on well-established ethical principles. In truth, the doctor-patient relationship is aspirational, and at the bedside, circumstance reveals a much more complex exchange.