This is the kind of question a Rawlsian ethicist might ask you to ponder when thinking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is much emotion associated with the complex conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Palestinian Jews and Muslims both suffered at the hands of the Crusaders who came to retake the Holy Land from Muslim control and make it Christian. Ethics and Psychology in Pro-Palestinian DemonstrationsHamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel marked the beginning of a tragic war between Israel and Gaza. Israeli Jews remember that before the Nazis systematically slaughtered most German Jews, before moving on to the rest of Europe, they first pressured those Jews to leave Germany.

Source: New York Times June 25, 2024 22:35 UTC