An Israeli rabbi has sparked fears of political assassination after invoking a Jewish religious doctrine permitting lethal force against politicians who support the participation of Palestinian parties in a future Israeli government.
Rabbi Gedalia Axelrod, a former head of Haifa’s rabbinical court and a prominent figure in the city’s Chabad community, issued a religious ruling declaring that Jewish party leaders who facilitate a government supported by Palestinian parties are subject to “din rodef”, or the “law of the pursuer”.
The doctrine, which can permit the killing of a person deemed to pose an immediate threat to others, was invoked by Yigal Amir to justify his assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
Ah, terrorism.
they keep telling me that Israel isn’t a racist apartheid nation
Not sure that this applies here.
Why would a rabbi need to threaten against forming a coalition with Arab parties if all the others are also racist and thus wouldn’t collaborate with them anyway?
Just because there are racist extremists who try to control society doesn’t mean that the whole nation is racist (though a lot might act racist for self-preservation out of fear)
If you object then you’re antisemitic, while they literally shoot children and medics for sport
Not surprising considering that their ‘religious’ doctrine (aka old testament) mandate killing your own son if they are disobedient.
I hope Iran holds off on their missile strikes so Israel has a chance to immolate itself–a much more satisfying end for an impossibly flawed and hopelessly evil project.
You Should kill JEWS!
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HITLER!Israel!A (undeservedly) prominent canadian newspaper (National Post) recently published an opinion article calling for the same law to be used against the democratic socialist political leader who is both Jewish and from a generations long anti-zionist family (Avi Lewis). Pretty low.
Oh no! White people threatened! This is news!
