Jewish Values and Israel’s Use of Force in Armed Conflict: Perspectives from World Jewry

• Table of Contents
  • Main Conclusions
    • Views on How Israel Acts in Armed Confrontations
    • Expectations of Israel in Armed Conflict
    • Special Issues Influencing Diaspora Positions
    • Diaspora Jewry’s Right to be Heard
  • Recommendations
  • Methodology
  • Introduction
  • The Military Operation in Gaza and Allegations against Israel
  • Israel-Diaspora Tensions and Jewish Reactions to Operation Protective Edge
  • What do Jews Expect of Israel?
  • Do Diaspora Jews Think that Israel Should Take them into Consideration?
  • Is Israel Willing to take Diaspora-Jewish Opinions into Account?
  • Political Views and the Strength of the Israel-Diaspora Relationship
  • Jewish Ethics as a Source for Israeli Policy in Wartime
  • How Israel Acts, and How it is Perceived
  • The Effect of Israel’s Recent Wars on Diaspora Jews
    • The Effect of Israel’s Recent Wars on Jews’ Connection with Israel
    • How Israel’s Recent Wars Impact Relations between Jews and non-Jews
  • Jewish Youth and Israel: Discrepancies over the Use of Force
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Background on the Seminars, Their Advantages and Limitations
    • Appendix B: Data from the Survey Administered to Dialogue Participants
    • Appendix C: Questionnaire handed out to the Dialogue participants
    • Appendix D: Technical data, including a list of participating communities and participants
  • Endnotes