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Edward Rettig

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Edward Rettig is a member of the Israeli human rights organization Shomrei Mishpat, Rabbis for Human Rights.

Edward Rettig's articles

Moving toward a new paradigm together? An Israeli responds to Hussein Agha

By Edward Rettig
 In this cautiously hopeful response to Hussein Agha’s Fathom interview, Israeli Edward Rettig argues that his analysis of... Read more > October 2018

Israel and the Death Penalty: Lessons from the Talmud

By Edward Rettig
 The proposal to make it easier to pass the death sentence is a troubling exercise in unsustainable moral... Read more > Article Summer 2016

Defending Human Rights in a Nation Under Siege: A Sermon of Sorts

By Edward Rettig
 In a chaotic and morally obtuse situation, little understood by outsiders, Israel must still try to follow the... Read more > Article Summer 2016

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Voice of the Week

Our Voice of the Week is an address given by the President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Ambassador Dore Gold, titled The Trump Plan: The Failure of the Old Paradigm. Ambassador Gold assesses the Trump plan, claiming the plan addresses the shortcomings in previous US attempts to build lasting Israeli/Palestinian peace.

Image of the Week

Our Image of the Week shows left-wing Israeli activists in Tel Aviv demonstrating for a ‘real’ peace plan and not what they view as the 'annexation plan' of US President Donald Trump, 1 February 2020. Photo by Flash90.

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