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Israel at War — Morality and Survival

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JL;DR SUMMARY Donniel Hartman and Yossi Klein Halevi explore the tension between morality and survival in Israel's current war context, where moral discourse feels overshadowed by security concerns. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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HamasGazaNational SecurityMilitary EthicsSurvivalMoralityVictimhoodMoral DiscourseWar Criticism

Places mentioned

Israel
"And it still is Israel at War."
Southern District, Israel
"you know, on security and survival, I said, why are you claiming that they're in conflict with each other? And we never felt that way in the past. In the past. It wasn't this you had to pick. Maybe, it could be I wasn't here in 1947, or in the 30s or the 40s. The early, some of the decisions that Ben-Gurion had to make."
Gaza, Central District, Israel
"Why aren't people criticizing Hamas and saying, stop the fight? Just lay down your weapons, surrender. The notion that Hamas is the one who's going to stop the fight, that Hamas has any culpability, whether for October 7th or after October 7th for what's happening."
Central District, Israel
"Do you know where I felt it was very interesting? There was a remarkable interview with Secretary of State Blinken in the New York Times, where it wasn't an editorial, it was his voice. And he spoke."

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