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For years, the Israeli army's Military Advocate General's Corps sought to assure the world, and itself, that its legal oversight prevented worse outcomes in wartime. Today, that claim rings hollow
The concept of a manifestly unlawful order emerged in the aftermath of World War II to counter the defense raised by Nazi officials at the Nuremberg Trials. They argued that they were merely "following orders" and that disobedience would have exposed them to severe punishment.
