Tag: Collateral Damage

Rabbi Shlomo Brody discusses Jewish military ethics with host Jonathan Silver, focusing on the Jewish tradition's views on conducting war, including the use of force proportional to the threat and the balance between collateral damage and force protection.
The text discusses the concept of revisionist journalism in the context of asymmetrical warfare, focusing on the recent shift towards a new tolerance for collateral damage and the end of using civilians as human shields, particularly exemplified by Hamas.
This text discusses the ethical implications of autonomous warfare in the context of Jewish ethics.
Rabbi Lebens explores the ethics of war in the context of Israel's conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
This Shiur (lesson) discusses various halachic (Jewish legal) issues related to warfare, including the concept of collateral damage when bombing Gaza, whether a Jewish doctor can refuse to treat an injured terrorist, the permissibility of the death sentence for terrorists according to halacha, and the ethics of prisoner swaps.