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Anybody know whether someone in military reserves or an armed paramilitary settler organization counts as a civilian under international law?
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From what I could figure out from like 5 minutes of searching I think military reserves would be “non-combatants” but not civilians.
Paramilitaries are a bit less clear and there isn’t a solid answer. Possibility 1 is they fall into existing categories, and are either lawful combatants or civilians that would be covered by domestic law (Palestinian domestic law, not Israeli domestic law), possibility 2 is they’re a third distinct group and no one really knows what to do with them. Which would I guess mean “You can do what you want they aren’t covered by international law”?
do what the U.S. does and call them "illegal combatants"
Yeah that’s the “You can do what you want they’re not covered” option