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Tamar Meisels is a Professor of Government and Policy in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, and a political theorist.

Biography

Her father, Andrew Meisels, is a descendant of the Meisels family and was a foreign correspondent, author, and broadcaster. Her mother, Martha Meisels, was a consumer affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post.

She earned a B.A., LL.B., and M.A. at Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Political Theory at Balliol College, Oxford University, in 2000. She works on the political theory of territorial rights, liberal nationalism, and the philosophical questions surrounding war and terrorism.

Meisels is known for advocating a consistent and strict definition of terrorism, which she defines as "the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population as a strategy designed to advance political ends."

She has written on the complexities of applying international law to terrorists, who are neither soldiers nor civilians.

Select works

Books

• Territorial Rights (2009)
• The Trouble with Terror: Liberty, Security and the Response to Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
• "Historical Rights" to Land (1999)

Articles

• Meisels, Tamar (2009). "Defining terrorism – a typology". Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 12 (3): 331–351. doi:10.1080/13698230903127853. S2CID 144514338.
• Meisels, Tamar (2008). "Torture and the Problem of Dirty Hands". Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. 21: 149–173. doi:10.1017/S0841820900004367. S2CID 221021910.
• Meisels, Tamar (2007). "Combatants – Lawful and Unlawful". Law and Philosophy. 26: 31–65. doi:10.1007/s10982-005-5917-2. S2CID 51729101.
• Meisels, Tamar (2006). "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation". Terrorism and Political Violence. 18 (3): 465–483. doi:10.1080/09546550600752030. S2CID 143391009.
• Meisels, Tamar (2005). "How Terrorism Upsets Liberty". Political Studies. 53: 162–181. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.2005.00522.x. S2CID 143331719.
• Meisels, Tamar (2004). "Targeting Terror". Social Theory and Practice. 30 (3): 297–326. doi:10.5840/soctheorpract200430320.
• Meisels, Tamar (2003). "Can Corrective Justice Ground Claims to Territory?". Journal of Political Philosophy. 11: 65–88. doi:10.1111/1467-9760.00167.
• Meisels, Tamar (2003). "Liberal Nationalism and Territorial Rights". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 20: 31–43. doi:10.1111/1468-5930.00233.

References

1. Avery Plaw (2008). Targeting terrorists: a license to kill?. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754645269. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
2. Daniel A. Bell, Avner De-Shalit (2003). Forms of justice: critical perspectives on David Miller's political philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742521797. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. Mark Bevir (2010). Encyclopedia of Political Theory. SAGE. ISBN 9781412958653. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
4. Meisels, Tamar (September 2006). "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism–a Refutation". Terrorism and Political Violence. 18 (3): 465–483. doi:10.1080/09546550600752030. S2CID 143391009.
5. Bushinsky, Jay (April 16, 1997). "Andrew Meisels dies at 64". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
6. "'Post' columnist Martha Meisels dies at 57". The Jerusalem Post. July 26, 1995. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
7. "Israeli correspondent Andrew Meisels, 64, dies". nl.newsbank.com. The Washington Times. April 16, 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
8. Hubert J. Cloke (June 30, 2010). "Faculty". Bulletin.georgetown.edu. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
9. "Do Israeli jails prepare prisoners for peace?", Josh Spiro, Jewish Post
10. "The Trouble with Terror: The Apologetics of Terrorism—a Refutation", Tamar Meisels, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2006, pp. 465–83
11. "Targeted Killing" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Alia Brahimi, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, February 10, 2009

• Israeli political scientists
• Israeli Jews
• Israeli political philosophers
• Living people
• Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
• Academic staff of Tel Aviv University
• Terrorism theorists
• Israeli women academics
• Women political scientists