Document Type : Case- Study (International Relation)

Authors

• Vahid Ranjbar Heydari ¹
• Zeynab Darvishvand ²

¹ Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

² Master’s degree in Political Science Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The Islamic Resistance Front planned a massive attack on the positions of the Zionist regime on October 7, 2023, and presented it in the form of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Storm. Although the Hamas group announced this operation in response to the brutal attacks and occupation of the Zionist regime against the oppressed people of Palestine, it tried to observe some Islamic standards, especially regarding prisoners of war, while observing Islamic ethics and as a legitimate defense in the world's public opinion. The main question of this research, which was developed based on the descriptive-analytical method, is to evaluate and examine the extent to which ethical principles were applied and observed in the recent battle between Hamas and the Zionist regime, looking at the theory of just war and within the framework of the theories of Al-Farabi and Michael Wallers. Therefore, according to the research findings, the Al-Aqsa Storm operation itself had a moral justification in the form of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, while the invocation of self-defense by the Zionist regime and the brutal attacks against civilians do not fit into positive moral practices and self-defense. However, the Zionist regime produces the power of language in what can be called the seduction of power, something to which not only humans in general, but also the victims in particular are exposed, which in turn often encourages and justifies oppression.

Keywords

• Ethics
• Seduction of Power
• Just War
• Hamas
• Zionist Regime

Main Subjects

• Political Ethics