Israeli academics call for the establishment of temporary centres to house Palestinians displaced by fighting
The heinous terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on 7 October by Hamas must be countered by an all-out war against this Isis-like organisation. Terrorists cannot be allowed to go on ruling the Gaza Strip and holding hostage the lives of millions of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
But while we are waging a just war, we must abide by universal human and Jewish values. Our struggle against a monster must not result in inflicting unnecessary harm on defenceless people. Israel should demonstrate, to itself and to the world, that we behave very differently from Hamas, which has placed itself beyond the pale of universal human norms, as well as beyond the pale of Islamic ethics.
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