On Revenge, between Goldstein and Meir Har Zion
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Many of the sculptors, in partnership with members of Otzma Yehudit, such as Rabbi Yaakov Medan and others, hang this picture of Goldstein on the wall of Ben-Gvir’s house. [Ben-Gvir’s claim that the picture is in honor of Goldstein’s work as a doctor who saved Jews – does not resonate with them..]
Recently, Michael Ben-Ari made a claim on his Twitter account – what is the difference between Goldstein’s act and the acts of Meir Har Zion, who, as revenge for the murder of his sister Shoshana by Bedouins, murdered innocent Bedouins. Or to David Raziel, who, as the commander of the Irgun, knowingly and intentionally harmed many innocent people, such as blowing up an Arab bus on its occupants on Jaffa Street, or planting a mine in the Arab market in the Old City. Of course, the accepted attitude today is towards Goldstein as a heinous murderer, while towards Raziel and Har Zion as heroes of Israel.
Of course, Goldstein also acted within a historical context, and did not just rise up to murder Arabs. During that period of terror, the Arabs murdered dozens of Jews (whom Goldstein cared for, and even ordered their deaths at times), while the left-wing government continued with peace agreements, and did not work to eradicate terrorism.
There is an argument that when there is a state and government, it is not permissible for an individual to commit acts of revenge, although: A. Meir Har Zion, unlike Raziel, acted after the state was established. on. If revenge is an evil act, what is an individual to me, what is a government to me?
My questions. A. What is the difference, if any, between Goldstein, Mount Zion, and Raziel?
on. What is the place of revenge, or of deterrence by harming innocent people (and a distinction must be made between the two), for the individual and the public?
First, I really don’t see a difference. Anyone who kills innocent people is a murderer. Second, there is a difference between a state of helplessness and inability to defend themselves, in which some people take desperate measures (this is how the Palestinians feel, for example), and a state of a people who have power and can act in an orderly manner, where there is no justification for personal and immoral activity.
I wrote about these things in several places. Mainly in the afternoon: https://mikyab.net/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%91%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%98 %D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%99%D7% AA-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C-%D7%95%D7%93
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