Former Sephardic Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has written a letter to PM Olmert which stated that all civilians living in Gaza are guilty for Kassam attacks on Sderot – according to the Jerusalem Post. He further wrote, that there was absolutely no moral Issur against the indiscriminate killing of civilians during a potential massive military offensive on Gaza aimed at stopping the firing of rockets. He holds that the entire Gaza City is responsible because they do nothing to stop the constant firing of Kassam rockets.
Rabbi Eliyahu’s son, Shmuel Eliyahu, who is chief rabbi of Safed, said his father opposed a ground troop incursion into Gaza that would endanger IDF soldiers. Rather, he advocated carpet bombing the general area from which the Kassams were launched, regardless of the price in Palestinian life.
“If they don’t stop after we kill 100, then we must kill a thousand,” said Shmuel Eliyahu. “And if they do not stop after 1,000 then we must kill 10,000. If they still don’t stop we must kill 100,000, even a million. Whatever it takes to make them stop.”
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Sadly, Mordechai HaYehudi will only be vilified by the government of Homon. And because the Zionist government has had far too many Homons, this R’ Mordechai is too late, and only Eliyahu Hanovi can save the Jews living in EY.
makes perfect sense!
Finally, a posek who speaks the emes, who’s not afraid of the goyim or the secular public.
The problem with Rabbi Eliyahu shlit”a is that he makes too much sense. Does he really expect powerless Olmert to do anything like that? In a world where the farkrumte, twisted minded, Leftists have all the power, whether it’s the media, the politicians, etc. his letter is a waste of words and effort.
i have a feeling some of what he said has been lost in transerlating . i am not saying peace but by killing more will just get more arabs from other country attacking us . i would say dig a tunnel under gaza and put a VERY VERY big bomb there and blow it up it will case them to carry on killing each other and we can say we have nothing to do with it . they all have tunnels all what will appen is they will say an acidnet happened
Nachon v’yofi! This morning xtra kavana wil be given to my davening. The time is 5 am, I am at the Beit Knesset, and am so happy at Chacham’s statement. Let Gaza be razed.
i would like a membership application to this Rabbi’s Shule, finally someone has got it right.
Truth from London, which school did you go to, Yesodey Hatorah?
jdspero, the children are not responsible. That is why such a statement was completley out of line.
At a time of war, Jewish lives can not be sacrificed to ensure the safety of “innocent” victims. Any battle that bnei yisroel fought in the our History there were casualties, and there will always be.
He doesn’t mean personally responsible, he just means that it is morally justified to cary out carpet bombings.
we have to remember we are in gouls
“…is morally justified to cary out carpet bombings.”
being as Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu called for it, the answer is YES!
one reason could be (just a suggestion): if they are blasted to TOTAL defeat, they will not be able to bomb OUR children.
we lost R”L a 13 year-old boy today…