Orthodox Rabbi Moshe Peleg responded in questions and answers with Cornelis Hulsman to the article of Dr. Nājiyya ʿAbd al-Mughnī Saʿīd, vice president of the Egyptian Moral Rearmament Association (EMRA) about the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh [Shīrīn Abū ʿĀklih]. Please read Dr. Nājiyya’s article here.

Dr. Nājiyya is moved by the human tragedies and suffering Palestinians experience. The EMRA is part of the Initiatives of Peace, an international peace movement that was established after the Second World War. Their objective is no more war! For Dr. Nājiyya international law should be observed. Rabbi Moshe Peleg, is, however, focused on the historical rights of the Jews. Both Dr. Nājiyya and Rabbi Moshe Peleg want peace. Both want to see an end to the killings of innocent people. Both advocate dialogue. Yet, both have a very different view about what rights are and what justice means. It seems to be international law versus historical rights.