Rabbis for Human Rights

“The most difficult dilemmas are not those in which there is a choice whether or not to violate a human right. The challenge is when we must choose between one right and another, in deciding which harm to cause. Recent events demonstrate how Israel shot itself in the foot by creating an unnecessary conflict of rights.

[…] It is beyond RHR’s mandate to get into the question of whether or not Israel should build the Barrier. This is for politicians and defense experts to decide. However the ROUTE of the barrier makes it a human right issue because the land confiscated to build the Barrier and the restricted access to the lands between the barrier and the Green Line. Were the Barrier to be located on the Green Line or the Israeli side, Israel could close the gates in the Barrier in order to protect my family and fellow Israelis without endangering the livelihood of the farmers of Jayyus.

[…] To the extent that we believe in the intrinsic worth of every single human being. Each created in God’s image, there is no justification for creating an unnecessary conflict between Israeli right to self defense and the Palestinian right to work their land and support themselves with dignity.”