Does Israel have a right to self defense?

One of the most common excuses for the State of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians and ethnic “cleansing” of Occupied Palestine is that Israel has a right to self-defense—but does it? Is that actually a right that the State of Israel has that is based in international law? Learn more about what experts in international law say about the State of Israel’s right to self-defense, and what that means for their current military operations in Gaza. Sources cited.