Yes it is almost becoming a regular feature. Another Rabbi says killing non-Jews is fine, even if they are innocent. But wasn’t that the Nazi idea in respect of Jews? They are all worthless, they will all grow up to be evil etc? Below is an article from Haaretz on this delightful character Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro. As the site of the Lubavitch sect, to which he belongs, explains, Shapira isn’t alone. He is endorsed by all the main settler Rabbis and non-settler ones like Ovadia Yosef too.
The headline in Haaretz is misleading because he wasn’t saying that you can kill those who threaten Israel but that all non-Jews in the area can be taken to be the enemies of the Jewish state and are therefore deserving of death.
The Rabbi Manis Friedman cited below is also, as we have already shown, another who believes in the genocide of the Palestinians (because that is what we are really talking about).
Such lovely people these Orthodox Israeli Rabbis. The Bible is their Mein Kampf.
Such lovely people these Orthodox Israeli Rabbis. The Bible is their Mein Kampf.
Tony Greenstein
Just weeks after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist, Yaakov Teitel, a West Bank rabbi on Monday released a book giving Jews permission to kill Gentiles who threaten Israel.
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement, wrote in his book "The King's Torah" that even babies and children can be killed if they pose a threat to the nation.
Shapiro based the majority of his teachings on passages quoted from the Bible, to which he adds his opinions and beliefs.
"It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation," he wrote, adding: "If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because we care about the commandments - there is nothing wrong with the murder."
Several prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Yithak Ginzburg and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, have recommended the book to their students and followers.
Chabad Settler Rabbi: Don't Worry About Collateral Damage, Jews Can Kill Non-Jews At Will
Chabad Settler Rabbi: Don't Worry About Collateral Damage, Jews Can Kill Non-Jews At Will
[Updated 6:20 pm.]
"It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation. If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because we care about the commandments - there is nothing wrong with the murder [either]."
I'm not sure about Rabbi Shapira [this is the correct spelling of his name], but Rabbi Ginzburgh and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef are both Chabad followers, and Ginzburgh founded Od Yosef Chai.
6:20 pm – Ma'ariv has an article on this that explains a bit more about the book – and its author.
• The book is talking about a time of war – which, BTW, the author would clearly hold applies to the situation is Israel today.
• The author does endorse killing innocent non-Jews.
• Rabbi Dov Lior also endorsed the book.
• And, as you can see from the author's picture newly posted above, he is a Chabad follower, just like all the rabbis noted above (except for Lior, who was born into a Belz hasidic family, but is known to be extremely close to Chabad), just like Manis Friedman.
I am a Christian, a student of Hebrew, and one of the few people in the world who truly want to see peace in the Middle East for both sides, not one or the other. That said, i can't imagine AIPAC being able to keep the lid on Israeli aggression much longer. Perhaps for this reason it is a good thing that God put insanity in the mouths of these Rabbis. The sooner Americans and Israelis both admit that the violence is not simply one sided, like the hate that fuels it, the sooner real strides towrd peace will be made.
ReplyDeleteThis rabbi is a complete and utter meshigana and to think you bother wasting space on such dreck, is beyond belief
ReplyDeleteZionism is a close sibling of fascism and nazism. Its basic ideas were refined by Western-educated dilettantes like Hertzel, spread in the cauldron of hell that was Russia, and put into practice by the worst dregs of humanity. As the last racially based state in the world, Israel cannot continue in its present form. The party's over. Let's just hope that people of all three faiths there can find it in themselves to share that tiny piece of real estate called Palestine.
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