Israel’s chief Rabbi Yona Metzger – speaking at a inter-religious conference with Vatican officials in Rome on Wednesday – accused the Iranian President of “trying to imitate Hitler” and urged the international community to isolate him.
“I urge the heads of state of the whole world and the United Nations to do everything possible to stop the threat that Iran poses to my people and my country,” Rabbi Metzger said.
“He is trying to imitate Hitler, hurling grave warnings against the Jewish people, who find themselves under an existential threat from the leader of Iran, who is invoking the destruction of my people,” he said.
“Not taking a position against a threat is worse than the threat itself,” he said.
Last month the Vatican condemned the Holocaust conference held in Iran and has also condemned Ahmadinejad for his various comments on Israel.
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I believe we should learn from Tanach and follow the very clear instructions in Megillat Esther, and yes Iran is the last known place that we can say for certinty where Amalek lived. Unfortunalty we only hung Haman and His sons, we obviously missed some of his relatives.
Hang this one TOO
I realy think that R’ Metzger who is not so popular( he is not Lauwe!) will not make a diference what he said!