Then Israel was immediately accused of a "disproportionate" response without anyone thinking: "What is a 'proportionate' attack against an enemy dedicated to exterminating your people?" A dedication to exterminating all of his?
Well, there could be no better example of a proportionate, retail and focused attack on a combatant who was deeply involved in the rocket attacks on Israel, than the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
The doctrine requires that any response to an attack be "proportionate" to the attack itself and essential to prevent another attack.
It made some minor suggestions for improving Stand Your Ground, but it unequivocally reaffirmed the statute's core principle: "All persons who are conducting themselves in a lawful manner have a fundamental right to stand their ground and defend themselves from attack with proportionate force in every place they have a lawful right to be".
A No 10 spokesman said the UK was considering a "proportionate response" to the attack and was considering a "range of evidence" including that from UN weapons inspectors who visited five sites around Damascus on Monday.
He urged both sides to react to attacks with proportionate force, saying Israeli troops had appeared to move from firing tear gas to live rounds too quickly.
Proportionate responses to cyber attacks can be unclear, and often affect the broader population rather than just the leadership of the originating country.
When contractors and employees are attacked, he added, they "will respond with graduated use of force, proportionate to the kind of fire and attack that they're coming under".
Richard Goldstone, in his interviews, has suggested that Israel should protect itself from these unlawful attacks by more proportionate retail measures, such as commando raids and targeted killing of terrorists engaged in the firing of rockets.
As with earlier pandemics, pH1N1 is characterized by age distributions that are distinct from those observed in seasonal influenza epidemics, with higher attack rates and increased proportionate mortality, in younger individuals [10], [11], [12].
Mr. Lee has vowed to answer any further attacks with swift and proportionate counterstrikes.
