Like most people, I was initially horrified by the Hamas attack of 10/7. But I’ve been struggling with the question of what the Palestinians *ought* to do. Security cooperation with Israel in the West Bank has only enabled Israel’s long term ethnic cleansing project. A nonviolent march to the Gaza-Israel border was met by gunfire even be…
Like most people, I was initially horrified by the Hamas attack of 10/7. But I’ve been struggling with the question of what the Palestinians *ought* to do. Security cooperation with Israel in the West Bank has only enabled Israel’s long term ethnic cleansing project. A nonviolent march to the Gaza-Israel border was met by gunfire even before it crossed the line. The US is in the process of making the BDS movement semi-illegal. Granted, a suicide mission against an Israeli military installation would have complied with the laws of war, but would it even have raised awareness of the Palestinians’ plight?
If the laws of war leave an oppressed people with no effective legal option for resistance, are the laws of war even moral?
Like most people, I was initially horrified by the Hamas attack of 10/7. But I’ve been struggling with the question of what the Palestinians *ought* to do. Security cooperation with Israel in the West Bank has only enabled Israel’s long term ethnic cleansing project. A nonviolent march to the Gaza-Israel border was met by gunfire even before it crossed the line. The US is in the process of making the BDS movement semi-illegal. Granted, a suicide mission against an Israeli military installation would have complied with the laws of war, but would it even have raised awareness of the Palestinians’ plight?
If the laws of war leave an oppressed people with no effective legal option for resistance, are the laws of war even moral?