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Sep. 23, 2005 0:52 | Updated Sep. 23, 2005 6:04 Rabbi Eliyahu changes mind on refusal By YAAKOV KATZ AND MATTHEW WAGNER In a surprise break from his fierce opposition to disengagement and his support of calls for the refusal of IDF evacuation orders, former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliahu, in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post, urged members of the national religious camp on Thursday to remain loyal to the state and the army. Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Photo: Ariel JerozolimskiThis view stands in stark contrast to that espoused by a group of settlement rabbis – such as Zalman...

Last Update: 10/01/2005 23:37 Thousands join anti-disengagement pray-in held in Jerusalem By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent ettlers and supporters of the settlement movement holding an Israeli flag during a demonstration in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday. (AP) Thousands of protestors, including numerous rabbis, turned out for an anti-disengagement protest held in Jerusalem on Monday. The protestors stood for two hours outside the city's government buildings, including the Knesset and the Prime Minister's Office, reciting Biblical verses and praying for "an end to the disengagement order and to the uprooting of settlements." Throngs of rabbis, including former chief...

UTJ & Shas Oust NRP From Orthodox Lobby (IsraelNN.com) The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties have decided to oust the National Religious Party from the Knesset Orthodox lobby as a result of the NRP entering the national coalition government with Shinui. Rabbi Eliyahu Objects to NRP Agreement (IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu expressed his opposition to the coalition agreement reached by the National Religious Party. The former chief rabbi is seen as an unofficial spiritual leader of the NRP. Persons close to Rabbi Eliyahu explain that he is opposed to the dismantling of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, changing...