legality of the initiated interdiction — another euphemism

meliss

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Hi, it's about the legalisation of the Israel targeted killings. I can't understand, why "interdiction" is an euphemism. Is it an interdiction of the "actions taken by the IDF"?
"On January 18, 2001, a top-secret legal opinion signed by Finkelstein [chief of the Military Advocate General’s Corps] was submitted to the prime minister... the document opened with this statement: “In the framework of this opinion, we have for the first time set out to analyze the question of the legality of the initiated interdiction”—another euphemism—“actions taken by the IDF..."
Source: Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman.
 

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Yes, it seems that 'interdiction' is a euphemism for 'targeted killing', or, in other words, assassination.
 
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