Just wars that become unjust

It was just that the state of Israel retaliate against Hamas after the terrorists’ Oct. 7 assault. It is not just that Israel wage a war of such disproportionate aggression.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured. The prospects of a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are much further away than ever, following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and Israel’s all-out response. Confidence in the possibility of a two-state solution had waned considerably even before this war.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GEOFF WHITE

February 22, 2024

OTTAWA—There are just wars, and there are just wars that become unjust.

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