The Impossibility of Unilateral Withdrawal from the West Bank
What Benny Gantz gets wrong.
February 19, 2019
The Spoils of War in Jewish Law
The Torah permits plunder, but also disapproves.
In ancient times, the right of victors in war to the possessions of the vanquished was accepted almost universally, and the Torah for the most part permits plunder as well, although certain regulations apply. By contrast, current international law strictly forbids the seizure of anything but weapons and military equipment. Not only has halakhah moved in the same direction but, as Shlomo Brody explains, contemporary rabbis have been able to look to the Bible for support:
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The Spoils of War in Jewish Law
The Torah permits plunder, but also disapproves.
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