The return of hostages' bodies stirs Israelis' drive for death, we must choose life

When Israel’s leadership placed the rescue of the hostages second to the pursuit of ‘total victory’ over Hamas, it forced us into a conflict – between solidarity and responsibility for our own, and the burning desire to destroy the enemy’s world. In these dark days, we must remember: nowhere in Jewish culture are we commanded to choose death
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