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The Ethics Of Occupation; A New Way To Consider Israeli Occupation, Michelle Goldberg
The Ethics Of Occupation; A New Way To Consider Israeli Occupation, Michelle Goldberg
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex political issues of our time. It involves two groups of people with a strong claim to a tiny piece of land, both historically and religiously. In the aftermath of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Many people claim that the occupation is unethical because the occupier holds restrictions on those who are occupied. This paper does not address the question of who is to blame for the conflict or whether Israel has maintained an ethical occupation; it addresses instead the ethics of occupation of …