Israel Can Be Jewish, Democratic, and Committed to Human Rights, Without Contradiction
Let politics sort things out.
December 16, 2016
Conferring an air of legality on the murder of Naboth.
In the book of Kings, the Israelite monarch Ahab, egged on and assisted by his wife Jezebel, has a man named Naboth tried and executed on trumped-up charges so that Ahab can then inherit his vineyard. As Shalom Holtz notes, the trial, although clearly a sham, follows several procedures of biblical justice:
Let politics sort things out.
Islamic extremism cannot be defeated without arms, but it cannot be defeated by arms alone.
Islamic State could use chemical weapons against Israel or the U.S. So could Hizballah.
Journalists fail their readers by failing to understand religion.
Conferring an air of legality on the murder of Naboth.
In the book of Kings, the Israelite monarch Ahab, egged on and assisted by his wife Jezebel, has a man named Naboth tried and executed on trumped-up charges so that Ahab can then inherit his vineyard. As Shalom Holtz notes, the trial, although clearly a sham, follows several procedures of biblical justice:
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