Posted on 06/16/2003 8:31:43 AM PDT by yonif
Pointing out that Palestinians use the language of religion to promote their jihad against the Jewish state rather than the language of Aqaba, Rabbi Dov Lior, the chairman of the Council of Rabbis of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip, quoted traditional Jewish sources in his call on Arab countries last Thursday to award the "right of return" to Palestinian Arabs.
Radio stations and newspapers over the weekend reported Lior's statement as a call for the "transfer" of Arabs. A source closed to the council explained that Lior's stance was based on Jewish law, which holds that those who do not observe the Noahide laws could not dwell in the Holy Land. Among the Noahide laws is prohibition against bloodshed, and Arabs who either support bloodshed, or fail to denounce it, could not be permitted to dwell in the land.
The statement referred to biblical sources to the effect that only those gentiles who accept Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel are permitted to dwell in it, quoting the verse, "And you will settle the land and no one will terrify you."
The council source emphasized that, while the statement was on the ideological and not operative level, it addressed the root religious reason of why the two peoples could not live in the same parcel of land.
Voluntary transfer has been the platform of the Moledet Party, founded by assassinated minister Rehavam Ze'evi.
The official spokesman of the council, Rabbi Daniel Shilo of Kedumim, was quoted by the press as saying that the statement was Lior's alone. Rabbi Nachum Berkowitz of Ma'ale Adumim, another of the seven rabbis who make up the council, said he had not been informed of the statement before it was issued.
Lior, a child Holocaust survivor, is among the foremost rabbinical authorities of the national religious world.
Rabbi Yuval Sherlo, head of the Petah Tikva hesder yeshiva, said that while there is no argument that those who commit terrorism do not have the right to live here, "one has to be very careful of definition. One can't describe all the Palestinians living in Israel as terrorist supporters. That's like a license to kill them, because even President Bush has said that those who support terrorism don't have the right to exist."
No :).
Well I visited the link and found nothing objectionable about it. It should not be a surprise to anyone that Jews do not acknowledge the divinity of a human being and in fact consider such a concept blasphemous according to our beliefs.
That said, religious Jews do not actively seek to proselytise the non-Jewish community. But occasionally a non-Jew will inquire how gentiles can achieve salvation without converting to Judaism.
"Noachides" are not Jews. Many are former Christians who may have an axe to grind against whatever church they were raised in. A Noachide may also be a practicing Christian or even a Muslim (Shaikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi is an example of a Muslim Noachide).
I think what Cachelot was referring to, and what puzzles me a bit, is that that quote from the mechon-mamre site is cited prominately In Michael Hoffman's The Truth About the Talmud: A Documented Exposé of Supremacist Hate Literature , featured prominately on sites such as stormfront as The Talmud: Judaism's holiest book documented and exposed, on Radio Islam as THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TALMUD. Judaism's Holiest Book., and in other fine places, As proof positive, from the Talmud that, among other things, Jewish Law Requires Christians be Executed.
It’s a curious citation, but accidental I’m sure.
BTW, while "Noachides" are not Jews the white supremecist community frequently hangs on their every word. Next we'll be citations on the Jewish plot to outlaw Christman trees.
No surprise. They probably have quotes from the Bible as well. Distorting out of context is what they do.
Sorry I misspoke. You right, over 80% of the Arabs in the Territories, that is the PLO-Arabs support terrorism and the dstruction of Israel. What I meant to say is, that one can't describe all the ARABS who are ISRAELI CITIZENS (and living in Israel, 1.5M) as terrorist supporters. The Israeli Arabs in eastern Jerusalem, for example, opposed Israeli govenrment talks over their future (that is going to PLO control for statehood). They want to remain in Israel.
That probably will be the case in 25 years, when the Arab population exceeds the population the is Jewish.
That probably will be the case in 25 years, when the Arab population exceeds the population that is Jewish.
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