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It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality.
Alan Dershowitz
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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
Lawyer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz
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