Israel kidnappings, collective punishment: Israel is too quick to punish innocent Palestinians for monstrous crimes committed by other Palestinians.


Israel kidnappings, collective punishment: Israel is too quick to punish innocent Palestinians for monstrous crimes committed by other Palestinians.
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“If only Israel had practiced that kind of self-restraint after the June 12 kidnappings. If only it had held fast to the ethic of individual responsibility all these years, instead of sinking into a culture of collective retaliation. Would restraint have saved the lives of these four young men? Maybe not. But it might save Israel.”

A-men.

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