Felix Krull
20.08.2010, 09:14
West Bank rabbi detained by police for inciting racism
20.08.2010
Rabbi Yosef Elitzur co-wrote "The King's Torah," which condones the murder of non-Jews.
Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, from the settlement of Yitzhar, was detained by police and questioned by investigators from the international crimes unit on suspicions of incitement to racism.
Elitzur and Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira co-wrote the book "The King's Torah," which condones the murder of non-Jews if they threaten the welfare of Jews - citing Jewish law to support the argument.
On Wednesday, Rabbi Dov Lior, who supported the book and has refused to appear for questioning by police on the matter, had his lawyer send a letter to the deputy state prosecutor explaining his position.
"[Rabbi Lior] asked me to inform you that he does not intend to answer to anybody on his opinion on Jewish law," Lior's lawyer wrote. "Your harassment of rabbis for their opinions on Jewish law contradicts the state's principles of religious freedom and freedom of expression."
"The King's Torah" was published in November; its preface states that it is forbidden to kill non-Jews, but the book then describes the context in which it is permitted to do so.
According to the book, it is permissible to kill a non-Jew who threatens Israel even if the person is classified as a Righteous Gentile. The book also says that any gentile who supports war against Israel can be killed.
Haaretz (http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/west-bank-rabbi-detained-by-police-for-inciting-racism-1.309108)
Ein kleines Detail hat die Haaretz allerdings verschwiegen, in dem schönen Buch wird explizit auch das Töten von Kindern und Babies gerechtfertigt:
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
3 August 2010
Jonathan Cook considers the ideas of a leading Israeli rabbi, Yitzhak Shapira, who together with another rabbi, Yosef Elitzur, has written a book in which he sanctions the murder of Palestinian children and babies.
A rabbi from one of the most violent settlements in the West Bank was questioned on suspicion of incitement last week as Israeli police stepped up their investigation into a book in which he sanctions the killing of non-Jews, including children and babies.
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is one of the leading ideologues of the extreme wing of the religious settler movement. He is known to be a champion of the “price-tag” policy of reprisal attacks on Palestinians, including punishing them for attempts by officials to enforce Israeli law against the settlements.
So far the policy has chiefly involved violent harassment of Palestinians, with settlers inflicting beatings, attacking homes, throwing stones, burning fields, killing livestock and poisoning wells.
“…[Rabbi Yitzhak] Shapira is trying to redefine the conflict with the Palestinians, turning it from a national conflict into a religious one...”
Dror Etkes, Israeli settlements expert
It is feared, however, that Shapira’s book, The King’s Torah, published last year, is intended to offer ideological justifications for widening the scope of such attacks to include killing Palestinians, even children.
Although Shapira was released a few hours after his questioning on 26 July, dozens of rabbis, as well as several members of parliament, rallied to his side, condemning the arrest.
Shlomo Aviner, one of the settlement movement’s spiritual leaders, defended the book’s arguments as a “legitimate stance” and one that should be taught in Jewish seminaries.
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Quelle (langer Text) (http://www.globalpost.com/webblog/israel-and-palestine/revered-israeli-rabbi-preaches-slaughter-gentile-babies-settlers-step-%E2%80%9C)
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.309147.1282269817!/image/2838432366.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_295/2838432366.jpg
20.08.2010
Rabbi Yosef Elitzur co-wrote "The King's Torah," which condones the murder of non-Jews.
Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, from the settlement of Yitzhar, was detained by police and questioned by investigators from the international crimes unit on suspicions of incitement to racism.
Elitzur and Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira co-wrote the book "The King's Torah," which condones the murder of non-Jews if they threaten the welfare of Jews - citing Jewish law to support the argument.
On Wednesday, Rabbi Dov Lior, who supported the book and has refused to appear for questioning by police on the matter, had his lawyer send a letter to the deputy state prosecutor explaining his position.
"[Rabbi Lior] asked me to inform you that he does not intend to answer to anybody on his opinion on Jewish law," Lior's lawyer wrote. "Your harassment of rabbis for their opinions on Jewish law contradicts the state's principles of religious freedom and freedom of expression."
"The King's Torah" was published in November; its preface states that it is forbidden to kill non-Jews, but the book then describes the context in which it is permitted to do so.
According to the book, it is permissible to kill a non-Jew who threatens Israel even if the person is classified as a Righteous Gentile. The book also says that any gentile who supports war against Israel can be killed.
Haaretz (http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/west-bank-rabbi-detained-by-police-for-inciting-racism-1.309108)
Ein kleines Detail hat die Haaretz allerdings verschwiegen, in dem schönen Buch wird explizit auch das Töten von Kindern und Babies gerechtfertigt:
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
3 August 2010
Jonathan Cook considers the ideas of a leading Israeli rabbi, Yitzhak Shapira, who together with another rabbi, Yosef Elitzur, has written a book in which he sanctions the murder of Palestinian children and babies.
A rabbi from one of the most violent settlements in the West Bank was questioned on suspicion of incitement last week as Israeli police stepped up their investigation into a book in which he sanctions the killing of non-Jews, including children and babies.
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is one of the leading ideologues of the extreme wing of the religious settler movement. He is known to be a champion of the “price-tag” policy of reprisal attacks on Palestinians, including punishing them for attempts by officials to enforce Israeli law against the settlements.
So far the policy has chiefly involved violent harassment of Palestinians, with settlers inflicting beatings, attacking homes, throwing stones, burning fields, killing livestock and poisoning wells.
“…[Rabbi Yitzhak] Shapira is trying to redefine the conflict with the Palestinians, turning it from a national conflict into a religious one...”
Dror Etkes, Israeli settlements expert
It is feared, however, that Shapira’s book, The King’s Torah, published last year, is intended to offer ideological justifications for widening the scope of such attacks to include killing Palestinians, even children.
Although Shapira was released a few hours after his questioning on 26 July, dozens of rabbis, as well as several members of parliament, rallied to his side, condemning the arrest.
Shlomo Aviner, one of the settlement movement’s spiritual leaders, defended the book’s arguments as a “legitimate stance” and one that should be taught in Jewish seminaries.
[...]
Quelle (langer Text) (http://www.globalpost.com/webblog/israel-and-palestine/revered-israeli-rabbi-preaches-slaughter-gentile-babies-settlers-step-%E2%80%9C)
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.309147.1282269817!/image/2838432366.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_295/2838432366.jpg