Suspected Jewish terrorist admits to anti-missionary activities

Suspected Jewish terrorist Yaakov (Jack) Teitel told his interrogators he was an active member of anti-missionary group Yad L'achim for five years, Haaretz has learned.

The Bnei Brak-based ultra-Orthodox group has gained notoriety in recent years for its actions against Messianic Jews, whom it perceives as a "sect" seeking to convert Jews to Christianity. The organization also prides itself on "rescuing" Jewish women from relationships with Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.

Teitel, a resident of the settlement Shvut Rachel, was charged last November with murdering two Palestinians and attempting to murder three people, including Hebrew University Professor Zeev Sternhell and Ariel teenager Ami Ortiz. Ortiz, from a family of Messianic Jews, was gravely wounded by a bomb packaged inside a Purim gift in March 2008.

Teitel admitted to placing the bomb, and called the Ortiz family "missionaries trying to capture weak Jews."

I don’t see the “legitimate response” being at issue, as no one is defending the terrorist at issue.
The only thing that is apparent is you dislike Jews for declining to accept what you view as a correct religion.

I don’t push my religion on you; as part of a civil society, I would simply like the same courtesy.

Your baseless accusations say nothing about me and everything about you.

The article quoted the Israeli police as stating that the Christians need to change their behavior in order to avoid future attacks. This is clearly blaming the victim.

Your definition of "civil society" is one in which Christians are not allowed to practice their faith (e.g. not allowed to evangelize). Mine is one in which non-violent, law-abiding citizens are not targeted with violence for practicing their faith. Which of us is being truly civil?

Then why aren’t they converting more Muslims to Christ? There are over 1.5 billion Muslims in the world , and less than 15 million Jews. Seems like they got their antenna on wrong .

There are Christians everywhere. Christians spread the gospel wherever they are. Some are in Israel and thus practice their faith there. This particular article regards events that occurred in Israel among Israelis. Would you rather that these Israeli Christians be expelled from their homeland for following Christ (in His homeland) and forced to practice their faith in Muslim countries instead?

You people like to go where the pickings are easy, as opposed to where the pickings are plentiful, but hazardous. Sounds like cowardice to me.

"You people"? Nice. You mean Israelis? I'm not Israeli.

Besides, Christians did no "go to Israel". Christianity started there. It's in the Bible.

As for "easy pickings" for evangelists, try FRisco sometime, pal.

I’ve read your posts on this subject; my comment is far broader than this particular thread.

Any time this subject comes up, you blather about how Israeli Jews don’t do enough to protect missionaries, how evil Jews are for failing to cater to missionaries, and the like.

Despite your lies, no one has condoned violence (although Christians do have a habit of killing Jewish people for daring to be Jewish every 50 years or so).

No one forbids Christians from practicing their faith in Israel; indeed, Israel, alone among countries in the middle east, every person over the age of 18 can be whatever religion they want to be.

Regarding evangalization, Israeli citizens are free to evangalize other citizens over the age of 18 all they want.

99.9999% of Israeli Jews will politely close the door. Yes, there are wackos that will commit violence.

If Jews started going around the USA, trying to start a Noahdic religion, telling Christians they were deluded, I suspect most doors would be closed and a few wackos would commit violence.

In your previous posts, you (I believe it was you, if not, disregard) complained that foreigners were not allowed to evangelize in Israel and protested that children should be fair game for evangalists.

Well, as a country, we have learned that wackos from all over the world, and from every kind of cult (Christian, Muslim, Pagan, and even Jewish), come to Israel under false pretenses and target the population for whatever cult they have going.

We’ve decided that we don’t want foreign wackos coming and bothering us.

Complain about that all you will. It’s not your country.

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