His approach is to frame Jewish opinion through a single theological lens — universalism versus particularism — as if all arguments flow from that divide. Michaelson suggests that Jewish attitudes toward Gaza can be explained largely by whether Jews view themselves as part of a universal faith or as a particular, even superior, people. Nor can Jewish opinion be understood without global context. But to treat that tension as the key to understanding Jewish opinion on Gaza is to miss the point. They are weighing memory, fear, pragmatism, politics and ethics — all in the shadow of an agonizing war.