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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRight-Wing Rabbi’s Ruling: Israel May Totally Destroy Gaza If Necessary
'Deterrent measures to exterminate the enemy are allowed in some cases, Rabbi Dov Lior writes.By Chaim Levinson | Jul. 24, 2014
Dov Lior, the rabbi of the settlement of Kiryat Arba, has issued a religious ruling permitting the total destruction of Gaza if Israels military leaders deem it necessary.
Lior is considered one of the more extreme rabbis on the religious right. In his ruling, he wrote that the Torah also teaches Jews how to act during wartime. In any war in which the people are under attack they are permitted to fight back against the nation from which the attackers come, he wrote.
Therefore, in a time of war, the attacked nation is permitted to punish the enemy population with whatever measures it deems proper, like blocking supplies or electricity. It may bomb the entire area based on the judgment of the war minister and not wantonly put soldiers at risk, Lior wrote, adding that deterrent measures to exterminate the enemy were allowed.
The defense minister may even order the destruction of Gaza so that the south should no longer suffer, and to prevent harm to members of our people who have long been suffering from the enemies surrounding us, he wrote.
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Right-Wing Rabbi’s Ruling: Israel May Totally Destroy Gaza If Necessary (Original Post)
Purveyor
Jul 2014
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JI7
(89,173 posts)1. since when do rabbis get to make rullings like this ?
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)2. Man of God
Rot in hell, psycho.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)3. In other words…
a "final solution to the Palestinian problem."
4now
(1,596 posts)4. Isn't this the same position as the Democrats in the Senate
Aerows
(39,961 posts)5. And that is *TOTALLY* different
than Palestinians threatening to wipe Israel off of the map.
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
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cascadiance
(19,537 posts)8. So, another sect of ISRAELI TERRORISM has been formed!
NO DIFFERENT in my book to what they slam Palestinians for!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)7. So, no different that Hamas after all.
I see this all the time from the right. Hopefully now we can help bolster the left and help empower them.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)9. Only difference is Hamas doesn't 'own' our Gov't. eom
bravenak
(34,648 posts)11. I suppose that is a big difference.nt
Roy Serohz
(236 posts)10. But, if we cut off the $3,000,000,000 per year, we're anti-Semites, right?
K&R