Posted on 03/06/2006 2:22:55 PM PST by anotherview
Mar. 5, 2006 20:31 | Updated Mar. 6, 2006 8:52
Religious Zionist rabbi supports Kadima
By MATTHEW WAGNER AND JPOST STAFF
Braving the criticism of the religious Zionist public, Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun announced Sunday his support for Kadima.
Bin-Nun, head of the religious kibbutz movement's Yeshiva at Ein Tzurim, said putting his support behind Kadima was "the most difficult decision I have ever made."
Olmert and Bin-Nun also reached an understanding, according to Ha'aretz, in which Olmert pledged that the security fence would not delineate Israel's borders.
In the document, the acting prime minister promised to retain Jerusalem's integrity under Israeli jurisdiction. He added that the main settlement blocs, including Gush Ariel, Gush Etzion, and the Jerusalem periphery would be preserved.
A firebrand, Bin-Nun has been outside the religious Zionist consensus since he made a public call to soul search after a religious Zionist murdered Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Attacking his religious Zionist peers, Bin-Nun said, "It is easy to climb up on an 'orange hill' and shout and complain.
"But they are escapists because all the major political decisions in this country from final border status to the future of settlements in Judea and Samaria will be decided inside Kadima in the next four years."
Bin-Nin said he and religious Kadima members such as Ze'ev Elkin, Professor Menahem Ben Sasson, and Otniel Shneller, and to a certain degree David Tal, would do their best to salvage what they could of the Jewish settlement enterprise.
Shneller said it was "fantastic" that Bin-Nun had decided to offer his support. "It is a clear message that religious Zionism is not disengaging from the state of Israel," said Shneller.
Religious rabbi? Is there another kind?
I really wonder if a Reform or Renewal Rabbi could be called religious.
"Religious Zionism" refers to a specific political/religious movement, though, and that is what I think you are missing.
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(IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun, a veteran Yesha personality now affiliated with the far-left stream of Yesha residents, announced his endorsement for the Kadima Party.
Rabbi Bin-Nun, a former resident of Ofrah who now lives in Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion, stated the National Religious Party has abandoned Yesha residents and interests, and therefore, he is backing the Kadima Party in the upcoming election.
Bin-Nun explained his move followed a statement from Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Kadima’s leader, that the separation fence will not serve as the border of the State of Israel, explaining borders would be determined according to the state’s interests.
http://israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=99704
Not surprising he supports Kadima. He probably was a government informant all along. Just an Olmert propaganda ploy to divert attention from the next round of beating the crap out of the settlers.
"political/religious movement, though, and that is what I think you are missing."
Thanks, yes that was it, it kinda left me scratching my head.
Google Yoel Bin Nun and you will find that he has a long history as an informant.
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"I really wonder if a Reform or Renewal Rabbi could be called religious."
I believe these are illegal in Israel (unfortunately).
If you are so far to the right that you cannot even see the center then everyone seems like a leftist to you. Arutz Sheva is about that far to the right.
Actually when I Googled him I found lots of information on the Torah, the Tanakh, and his work as a rabbi.
Informant? Since when is the government of Israel the enemy? It certainly is not my enemy.
Since the shmuck Olmert took over and sent Cossacks to trample and beat up Jews (including my son, an IDF vet).
And you would have applauded Nevil Chamberlain as he returned from his trip to meet Mr. Hitler. Arutz Sheva represents the voices you obviously would prefer not to hear.
"No, there is no such thing as a Jewish sect that is illegal in Israel. Reform is not officially recognized, which means that a Reform rabbi cannot, for example, perform a marriage and have it recognized by the state. Reform shuls can and do exist. I am Masorti (Conservative in the U.S.) which is also not recognized, yet there is no shortage of Masortim and Masorti congregations."
Thanks for the information.
No, I do NOT support appeasement. I support Israel doing what is necessary to create secure borders and protect Jewish lives. I am a pragmatist, not an idealog. I hear voices like those in Arutz Sheva (and I even read their website) all the time. I simply recognize them for what they are and you for what you are: the voice of extremism. Voices, if heeded, which would lead to the destruction of Israel.
That's a laugh. You support policies that have destroyed the lives of 8000 in Gaza and I'm extreme? A new Arab army is being trained on the homes of the Jews of Gaza and you say I'm leading to the destruction of Israel?
You are an appeaser in every sense of the word. Now Olmert is talking about removing another 25,000 Jews from their homes and somehow that's pragmatic? What will the Arabs do on that land, build daycare centers? That's not pragmatic, that's insane.
You are an idealogue, just not honest enough to say so in print.
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