Gaza one year later: Goldstone, Gilad Shalit, and more

One year after Israel’s Operation “Cast Lead” sent Israeli troops, tanks and missiles into Gaza with the stated goal of ending rocket fire on southern and eastern Israeli cities, the anniversary is being marked more outside of Israel than inside. Other than brief words, Israeli politicians did little to mark the war’s anniversary. A rally [...]

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Israelis ponder, argue Gilad Shalit dilemma

Good piece from the New York Times summarizing the debate in Israel regarding the “price” Israel must pay to redeem Gilad Shalit. Read it here. Donniel Hartman’s take on it here.

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Heated commentary on Donniel Hartman ‘blog’ about Obama’s Cairo speech

President Obama’s speech in Cairo occurred more than a week ago, and Donniel Hartman’s commentary on the speech (“Are Jews Ready for Obama?“) also has been online for more than a week, but the debate – about the speech, and about Donniel’s commentary has yet to die down. Several dozen comments have been published (and [...]

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Is time running out for a two-state solution for Israel, Palestinians?

A  survey published on Ynet last week and recounted in the Jerusalem Post said 58 percent of Israeli Jews believe that “two states for two peoples” should be the basis of any agreement with the Palestinians. Thirty-seven percent disagreed, and 5 percent said they didn’t know. So, there is a majority support for a two-state [...]

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David Hartman on future of Israeli-Palestinian matters

We don’t get enough of David Hartman on our main website (mea culpa). But we have a new and, as usual, provocative, piece from Rabbi David on the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He says it far better than I can. If we allow the God of Creation to channel our particular religious traditions, the [...]

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Hamas war follow-up, looking ahead

Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza seems to be over (for now), but there is still food for thought on the Hartman Institute website on the subject, with more (related) items to come. Donniel Hartman’s follow-up to his powerful essay on the war’s morality, Fighting a just war against Hamas justly, the succinctly titled, Gaza [...]

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The War Against Hamas In Gaza Is Justified

Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman, Shalom Hartman Institute, talks why Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza is both justified and moral

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Is the war against Hamas in Gaza justified?

Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman talks about why Israel’s War on Hamas in Gaza is both justified and moral – and how to end the war in a moral fashion.

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Ethics, war, Gaza, IDF action, morality, and world opinion

The debate over Israel’s actions in Gaza is heating up worldwide. As I write this, the media, from the New York Times to Al-Jazeera are discussing whether the war is moral, defensive, and “proportional.” This article, ”Israelis United on War as Censure Rises Abroad” from the Times’ Ethan Bronner, “gets” the conflict from the Israeli [...]

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Morality of war, morality in war

There has been and continues to be a great deal of talk about whether Israel is acting properly, morally, in its current proecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza. The UN Human Rights Council condemned Israel’sactions in Gaza on Monday. Thousands have rallied around the world, and many governments have separately criticized Israel harshly. [...]

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