Q&A: Abducting Palestinians for Use as a Bargaining Chip
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Abducting Palestinians for Use as a Bargaining Chip
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Do you think it is permissible for the State of Israel to abduct innocent Palestinian civilians in order to use them as a bargaining chip in a deal to release Israeli captives such as Mengistu?
Best regards,
Answer
If it would help, then in my opinion yes (in light of my approach in Tzohar 14, where I wrote that we are dealing here with a pursuing people). But there is great doubt whether it would help. After all, even when they are killed, they do not return the captives. The most effective way is to kill their decision-makers or harm them personally.