Untangling Popular Anti-Israel Arguments: Critical Thinking
about the Israel-Hamas War
Note to readers: See previous APOLOGIA post for Chapter 14. (Also, Table of Contents with links is listed below. Or download pdf of the whole book here.)
Note to critics: Please read the whole of my little book (including notes) before offering criticism. Thanks.
Chapter 15: Conclusion and prayer
My
thesis/conclusion is that on October 7, 2023, Gaza (via Hamas, Gaza’s
leadership) committed an outrageously barbaric and murderous evil against
Israel, an evil that is not morally justifiable, and so Israel has a right—and
duty—to act in self-defence. I have concerns about the extent of that self-defence
and I have voiced those concerns in this book, but, as I have argued, my
concerns do not impinge on Israel’s right and duty to self-defence against
Gaza, nor do they impinge on the legitimacy of Israel’s continued battle
against Hamas thus far. (I write these words four months after October 7th. The
charge that Israel is committing genocide in its war against Gaza has been
leveled against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague,
Netherlands, but, as I argued in a previous chapter of this book, the charge is
false.) I hope my short book helps rational persons of good conscience realize
that Israel’s defence against its terrorist neighbour is, though tragic,
legitimate.
My prayer: O Lord, I pray that evil be
restrained and that truth, goodness, peace, healing, and forgiveness prevail—on
all sides. Amen.
Table of Contents (links)
Chapter 1. Israel is engaging in colonial retaliation?
Chapter 2. Israel is a powerful state and thus the oppressor?
Chapter 3. Israel is not a legitimate state?
Chapter 4. Israel occupies Gaza?
Chapter 5. Gaza is like a Jewish ghetto?
Chapter 6. What about Gabor Maté?
Chapter 7. What about Gabor Maté, again?
Chapter 8. Israel targets a hospital?
Chapter 9. Israel’s attack on Gaza is as bad (or worse) as Gaza’s attack on Israel?
Chapter 10. Israel is wrong to cause Gaza to suffer?
Chapter 11. Israel is guilty of genocide?
Chapter 12. Israel’s response to Hamas is not proportional?
Chapter 13. Israel should agree to a permanent ceasefire?
Chapter 14. Israel should embrace a two-state solution?
Chapter 15. Conclusion and prayer
Appendix 1: Criticizing Islam is Islamophobic? (Part 1 of 2)
Appendix 2: Criticizing Islam is Islamophobic? (Part 2 of 2)
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