Rabbis: War for a clean conscience (Yedioth Ahronoth/Zionist Press)

Rabbis: War for a clean conscience

Chabad newsletter claims war is Olmert government's way to clean their conscience, by proving that appeasement doesn't lead to peace. Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu: No mercy for murderers, even if they hide behind children
Efrat Weiss

 

The crisis on the northern border has featured not only in the nation's major newspapers, but also in weekly newsletters of synagogues across Israel. Chabad rabbis, in their most recent newsletter, nicknamed Israel's fight with Hizbullah, which broke out only days before the anniversary marking the implementation of disengagement, as a "war for a clean conscience."

 

Another newsletter, published by former ["Israeli"] Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, stated that "if we want to defeat these Gentiles, we must offer ourselves to the Torah and not only rely on bombing roads and bridges. We must not have mercy on these murderers - even if they hide behind children. Remember, when they bomb us, they have no compassion for our babies."

 

In his 'Maayani HaYeshua' (Springs of Salvation) newsletter, [former "Israeli" Chief] Rabbi Eliyahu wrote: "know, says the Holy One Blessed Be He, that the goyim (gentiles) will not be satisfied with what you give them. Tomorrow, they will want to banish you from Tel Aviv, Haifa, Safed and Jerusalem."

 

"Only if you banish the encroachers of Israel from this land, will you be able to exist in it. Today, more than two million Israeli citizens are in mortal danger because we did not listen to the Torah. It seems that it is those gentiles who live within Israel who are persecuting us the most," he continued. [continue article at: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279978,00.html)]