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35 A rabbi válaszol THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PURELY SECURITY OPINION AND A POLITICAL SECURITY OPINION Before I proceed to explain the above, I would like to cite an introduction which will help us better understand the matter at hand. I am purposely using an example which every Chabad Chosid knows very well. The Lubavicher Rebbe warned many times, in dozens of Sichos Kodesh throughout the years, against what is known as “peace treaties” and “land for peace”. He would say, based on that which is written in the Shulchan Aruch (חרוא םייח ׳יס םכש ו״ס), that these types of agreements are very dangerous, as many security experts agree. (Many of these talks can be found in a book by the name of יתארק ןיאו הנוע). The Rebbe was asked “but there are many generals, and even the Chief of Staff who back these agreements”. He answered: “you must ask a security expert, who is giving a security opinion, and not an expert who mixes politics into these matters”. This statement begs the question: did the Rebbe mean that all these Army generals are corrupt? Did he claim that they were saying the agreements were good, even though they knew deep down that they were not, and that they were in fact dangerous? To that we answer: No! Not in the slightest! Rather, when Army generals voice their opinion on these matters, they do not always base their opinions solely on security, but rather they take other things into consideration, things which are indeed legitimate and important on their own. For example - they think that on the one hand there is danger in returning land, but on the other hand if we do not make peace with the terrorists, we may suffer financially. A possible result in that case may be, for example, that European countries will announce an economic boycott on the Jewish state. They therefore decide that it is worth making peace and returning land, even though there is a clear risk being taken when doing so, because they feel that if war breaks out, the army will be strong enough to ensure that the war is eventually won. You can only hope that there will not be too many casualties as a result of the fighting. We see here a clear difference between a purely security opinion, an opinion which takes nothing else into account - except for security, and a security opinion which also takes into consideration
