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Regarding recent ‘rulings‘ by extremist rabbis in Israel, HaAretz responds…
These rulings also heighten a dangerous process in which a national conflict between two peoples that can be resolved by compromise is transformed into a religious conflict where extremist halakhic rulings and fatwas – their Islamic counterparts – prevent compromise and perpetuate hatred.
It is particularly puzzling when such statements are made by the rabbi representing the people who choose to live in the territories, very near a large Arab population. Does Lior really want the settlements to be enclaves that have no interaction with the population in whose proximity they exist?
It would be appropriate for the rabbis to take advantage of their standing to restore calm and step up security at the yeshivas, and not leave them unguarded. And mostly, to confront the roots of the conflict and the need to develop a dialogue between the peoples and religions in an effort to spur compromises and not eternal wars in which each side is convinced that the goal dictated by its faith is total submission.
The entire editorial can be read HERE.
Michael said,
March 23, 2008 at 4:15 am
Considering what the foundational material of Judaism claims is in store
for Ishamel, the Arabs, there is not much hope of any sort of compromises and peace. Having worked on Hudna’s in conjunction with the US State Department, Israel has no intention of making peace with anyone, put claims they will kill and kill and kill and kill, until there is no resistance to anything Israel wants to do.
Don’t feel bad though, they have the same thing planned for the whole world. They intend to take full and absolute brutal control, as with an iron rod when they finally subdue the whole world and exterminate all religion but Judaism or Noahide worship.
I wish I could be more optimistic.
http://www.kabbalah.com/k/index.php/p=zohar/search&pattern=SXNobWFlbA==&where=verses&sort=rate
Vierotchka said,
March 23, 2008 at 5:34 am
With regard to Noahide worship, George H W Bush basically made it a law when he was president. See:
http://www.hiddenknowledge.net/2008/03/10/education-usa-the-7-noahide-laws/
Matt Giwer said,
March 23, 2008 at 5:55 pm
The introduction of Zionism into the middle east was in fact the start of religious fundamentalism and extremism. A literal reading of the bible and implementing it caused the rise of a literal reading of the Koran and implementing it.
Contrary to Zionist lies, Muslims were once as tolerant of other religions as were Christians in the US. All extremist elements were strictly religious and internally directed. For example the Wahabist movement was not particularly different from Christians in America’s bible belt.
Only after Zionists exported their bible claims to other lands did fundamentalist Muslim sects seek to export their interpretation of the Koran beyond their national boundaries.
But all of this digression is really a waste of time. The entire Muslim-Jewish conflict in bibleland is extremely simple to understand.
Jews stole the land. The owners want it back.
Everything else about the issue is a deliberate distraction. If a man steals from you then he steals from you. That he may be starving is a mitigating factor but it does not change the fact that he is a thief.
There may be dozens of mitigating factors but Jews stole the land, Jews are the thieves. That the owners want it back is natural.
If Jews had tried to steal New York Americans would have killed them without a second thought regardless of their reasons.