Hostage Negotiations Won’t Succeed without Military Pressure
Hamas won’t agree to deal if it can secure its objectives without one.
May 1, 2024
What happens when rejecting social justice is a bigger heresy than saying you don’t believe in God.
At the Columbia demonstrations, a group of Jewish participants held a seder last week. This was just one of many instances of Jewish opponents of Israel loudly displaying both their Jewish and anti-Israel bona fides. Most of the available data suggest that such radical positions are held only by a small minority of U.S. Jews. Nonetheless, some Jewish communities have since October 7 become sharply divided over attitudes toward Israel.
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Login or SubscribeHamas won’t agree to deal if it can secure its objectives without one.
And they have the legal means to do so.
What happens when rejecting social justice is a bigger heresy than saying you don’t believe in God.
A right rooted in a basic human good.
Questioning the rabbis’ Sasanian paradise.