Authors Posts by Ari Zivotofsky
Ari Zivotofsky
Ari Zivotofsky is a professor of neuroscience at Bar Ilan University. He has published widely on topics of Jewish interest.
The Sde Teiman incident: a retrospective
In the summer of 2024, IDF police raided the Sde Teiman base as part of an investigation into reports of serious abuse of alleged terrorist detainees. The many turns of the resulting controversy divided Israeli society during wartime and brought global attention to Israel's military prisons. Ari Zivitofsky reflects on these events and argues that senior officials in the Israeli government and media failed to heed the dictates of the Jewish ethical tradition.
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