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Israel/Palestine

Mosby

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4. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind...

Reply to Israeli (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 21, 2023, 10:00 PM

Jun 2023

Is some stupid thing Gandhi said.

That section of Mishpatim develops the idea of compensatory damages, Rambam wrote: "there was never any rabbi, from the time of Moses...who ruled, based on 'an eye for an eye', that he who blinds another should himself be blinded".

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4 Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen as violence surges in West Bank [View all] Mosby Jun 2023 OP

Some Palestinians were killed yesterday..i think Demovictory9 Jun 2023 #1

Yes, things are getting bad in Jenin. Mosby Jun 2023 #2

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind ......... Israeli Jun 2023 #3

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind... Mosby Jun 2023 #4

Thanks sooooo much Israeli Jun 2023 #5