Israeli rabbi approves murder of non-Jews, even infants; and

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West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who sin or who will grow up to threaten Israel

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West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel

By Haaretz Service

Just weeks after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist, Yaakov Teitel, a West Bank rabbi on Monday released a book giving Jews permission to kill Gentiles who threaten Israel.

Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement, wrote in his book "The King's Torah" that even babies and children can be killed if they pose a threat to the nation.

Shapiro based the majority of his teachings on passages quoted from the Bible, to which he adds his opinions and beliefs.

"It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation," he wrote, adding: "If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because we care about the commandments - there is nothing wrong with the murder."

Several prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Yithak Ginzburg and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, have recommended the book to their students and followers.

Israeli rabbi approves murder of non-Jews, even infants; and those who worship idols


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Israeli rabbi approves murder of non-Jews

Vita Bekker, Foreign Correspondent

November 10. 2009 11:44PM UAE / November 10. 2009 7:44PM GMT

TEL AVIV // A book published this week by a radical Jewish rabbi from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and endorsed by prominent religious right-wing figures suggests killing any non-Jew, including children and babies, who pose a threat to Israel.

The book's publication, just days after the arrest of Jewish settler Jack Teitel, who is charged with a string of killings, including two Palestinians, reflects a growing antipathy towards Palestinians among Jews living in the occupied territory.

Michael Warschawski, the founder of the Jerusalem-based Alternative Information Centre, said the book went public with a concept that was already being promoted in a quieter way by dozens of settler rabbis in internal community newspapers and speeches.

He said: "The thinking in the book is quite widespread among settlers. A substantial number of them have a very deeply racist philosophy against any non-Jews, and, more concretely, against Arabs. This is a racist book that in other countries would lead the attorney general to open a probe against the authors."

The 230-page book, The King's Torah, was co-written by Yitzhak Shapira, considered to be a leading spiritual authority among the more radical Jewish inhabitants in the West Bank. Mr Shapira is the head of an Orthodox Jewish school in Yitzhar, one of the territory's most hardline settlements, located near Nablus.

The mass-selling Israeli newspaper Maariv described the book this week as "a guide to whoever is deliberating if and when it is necessary and permissible to take the life of someone who is not Jewish".

According to Israeli press reports that provided excerpts of the book, the rabbis do not shy away from calling for the killing of any non-Jew who may threaten the state of Israel. They write: "In any place that the presence of a gentile endangers the existence of Israel, it is allowed to kill him ... also if he is completely not to blame for the situation that has been created."

Children, the authors insist, should not be exempt from this fate. They add: "There is a reasonable explanation for killing infants if it is clear that they will grow up to hurt us – and in this situation, the strike should be directed at them." According to the book, the children of a non-Jewish leader may be targeted as a means of applying pressure.

The authors say that even innocent people are allowed to be killed if they belong to a state that Israel considers an enemy. They also say: "Evil people should be treated with revenge and a like-for-like manner in order to be defeated."

The rabbis added that non-Jews could also be killed if they "violate ... commandments" such as the prohibition against stealing, murdering or idol-worshipping.

The authors, who base their ideas on Bible quotations, are careful to exclude any mention of Arabs when referring to non-Jews, but commentators said that Palestinians are their main target.

Although the book will not be sold in mainstream Israeli bookstores, the authors are offering to sell it over the internet and their book includes endorsements from leading Jewish spiritual authorities in the West Bank to help draw more readers.

The document has fuelled criticism among many Israelis, mostly in the political Left and Centre, about the government's insufficient actions in curbing escalating violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians. ...

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