Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

"A democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back."

Jewish law on the proper treatment of prisoners of war

Ben Gurion's attitude toward the Arabs in the Land of Israel

Arabs in Zionist thought.

Settling all the land.

Since the beginning of modern Zionism, some Jews have stood in opposition to it.

Secular Zionism since 1948

Rabbis Kook and Soloveitchik offered differing views on what the modern state means theologically.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz believed traditional Judaism has no precedent for a modern Jewish state like Israel.

This Israeli philosopher saw problems with both secular and religious Zionism.