Introduction by Gilad Atzmon
It is rather impossible to grasp the magnitude of the
crimes against humanity performed by the Jewish state in the name of the
Jewish people unless one elaborates on Jewish culture in the light of Judaic
teaching.
Zionism was founded as a secular movement. It was there to
provide the emancipated Diaspora Jew with a ‘national home land’ of his or
her own. However, Zionism was rather effective in transforming the Old
Testament from a spiritual text into a land registry. As the truth of
Israeli barbarism is unfolding a devastating continuum is being established
between Israeli murderous policies and Judaic Goy hating.
It would be fair to argue that Judaic teaching is not
monolithic. As we know, one of the only Jewish collectives that stands along
the Palestinians call themselves the Torah Jews (Neturei Karta), a Jewish
orthodox sect. In other words, the Torah must have a humanist side to it.
The following is a review of Torat ha-Melekh, a
“kind of guide for anyone who ponders the question of if and when it is
permissible to take the life of a non-Jew”. It was published by Ma’ariv
Israel's second biggest paper. It is a must read. I would assume that those
American and British corrupted politicians who are happy to take donations
from Israeli Tycoons and other ‘Friends of Israel’ better start to
understand once and for all what kind of Ideology they are aligning
themselves with.
Here is a full translation of an article in the Maariv newspaper of
Israel
http://didiremez.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/settler-rabbi-publishes-the-complete-guide-to-killing-non-jews/
Ma’ariv 09.11.09 (p. 2) by Roi Sharon –
When is it permissible to kill non-Jews? The book Torat
ha-Melekh [The King’s Teaching—INT], which was just published, was written
by Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, the dean of the Od Yosef Hai yeshiva in the
community of Yitzhar near Nablus, together with another rabbi from the
yeshiva, Yossi Elitzur. The book contains no fewer than 230 pages on the
laws concerning the killing of non-Jews, a kind of guide for anyone who
ponders the question of if and when it is permissible to take the life of a
non-Jew.
Although the book is not being distributed by the leading
book companies, it has already received warm recommendations from right-wing
elements, including recommendations from important rabbis such as Yitzhak
Ginsburg, Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, that were printed at the beginning of
the book. The book is being distributed via the Internet and through the
yeshiva, and at this stage the introductory price is NIS 30 per copy. At the
memorial ceremony that was held over the weekend in Jerusalem for Rabbi Meir
Kahane, who was killed nineteen years ago, copies of the book were sold.
Throughout the book, the authours deal with in-depth
theoretical questions in Jewish religious law regarding the killing of
non-Jews. The words “Arabs” and “Palestinians” are not mentioned even
indirectly, and the authours are careful to avoid making explicit statements
in favor of an individual taking the law into his own hands. The book
includes hundreds of sources from the Bible and religious law. The book
includes quotes from Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, one of the fathers of
religious Zionism, and from Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli, one of the deans of the
Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, the stronghold of national-religious Zionism that is
located in Jerusalem.
The book opens with a prohibition against killing non-Jews
and justifies it, among other things, on the grounds of preventing hostility
and any desecration of God’s name. But very quickly, the authors move from
prohibition to permission, to the various dispensations for harming
non-Jews, with the central reason being their obligation to uphold the seven
Noahide laws, which every human being on earth must follow. Among these
commandments are prohibitions on theft, bloodshed and idolatry. [The seven
Noahide laws prohibit idolatry, murder, theft, illicit sexual relations,
blasphemy and eating the flesh of a live animal, and require societies to
institute just laws and law courts—INT]
“When we approach a non-Jew who has violated the seven
Noahide laws and kill him out of concern for upholding these seven laws, no
prohibition has been violated,” states the book, which emphasizes that
killing is forbidden unless it is done in obedience to a court ruling. But
later on, the authors limit the prohibition, noting that it applies only to
a “proper system that deals with non-Jews who violate the seven Noahide
commandments.”
The book includes another conclusion that explains when a
non-Jew may be killed even if he is not an enemy of the Jews. “In any
situation in which a non-Jew’s presence endangers Jewish lives, the non-Jew
may be killed even if he is a righteous Gentile and not at all guilty for
the situation that has been created,” the authors state. “When a non-Jew
assists a murderer of Jews and causes the death of one, he may be killed,
and in any case where a non-Jew’s presence causes danger to Jews, the
non-Jew may be killed.”
One of the dispensations for killing non-Jews, according
to religious law, applies in a case of din rodef [the law of the “pursuer,”
according to which one who is pursuing another with murderous intent may be
killed extrajudicially] even when the pursuer is a civilian. “The
dispensation applies even when the pursuer is not threatening to kill
directly, but only indirectly,” the book states. “Even a civilian who
assists combat fighters is considered a pursuer and may be killed. Anyone
who assists the army of the wicked in any way is strengthening murderers and
is considered a pursuer. A civilian who encourages the war gives the king
and his soldiers the strength to continue. Therefore, any citizen of the
state that opposes us who encourages the combat soldiers or expresses
satisfaction over their actions is considered a pursuer and may be killed.
Also, anyone who weakens our own state by word or similar action is
considered a pursuer.”
Rabbis Shapira and Elitzur determine that children may
also be harmed because they are “hindrances.” The rabbis write as follows:
“Hindrances—babies are found many times in this situation. They block the
way to rescue by their presence and do so completely by force. Nevertheless,
they may be killed because their presence aids murder. There is
justification for killing babies if it is clear that they will grow up to
harm us, and in such a situation they may be harmed deliberately, and not
only during combat with adults.”
In addition, the children of the leader may be harmed in
order to apply pressure to him. If attacking the children of a wicked ruler
will influence him not to behave wickedly, they may be harmed. “It is better
to kill the pursuers than to kill others,” the authors state.
In a chapter entitled “Deliberate harm to innocents,” the
book explains that war is directed mainly against the pursuers, but those
who belong to the enemy nation are also considered the enemy because they
are assisting murderers.
Retaliation also has a place and purpose in this book by
Rabbis Shapira and Elitzur. “In order to defeat the enemy, we must behave
toward them in a spirit of retaliation and measure for measure,” they state.
“Retaliation is absolutely necessary in order to render such wickedness not
worthwhile. Therefore, sometimes we do cruel deeds in order to create the
proper balance of terror.”
In one of the footnotes, the two rabbis write in such a
way that appears to permit individuals to act on their own, outside of any
decision by the government or the army.
“A decision by the nation is not necessary to permit
shedding the blood of the evil kingdom,” the rabbis write. “Even individuals
from the nation being attacked may harm them.”
Unlike books of religious law that are published by
yeshivas, this time the rabbis added a chapter containing the book’s
conclusions. Each of the six chapters is summarized into main points of
several lines, which state, among other things: “In religious law, we have
found that non-Jews are generally suspected of shedding Jewish blood, and in
war, this suspicion becomes a great deal stronger. One must consider killing
even babies, who have not violated the seven Noahide laws, because of the
future danger that will be caused if they are allowed to grow up to be as
wicked as their parents.”
Even though the authors are careful, as stated, to use the
term “non-Jews,” there are certainly those who could interpret the
nationality of the “non-Jews” who are liable to endanger the Jewish people.
This is strengthened by the leaflet “The Jewish Voice,” which is published
on the Internet from Yitzhar, which comments on the book: “It is superfluous
to note that nowhere in the book is it written that the statements are
directed only to the ancient non-Jews.” The leaflet’s editors did not omit a
stinging remark directed at the GSS, who will certainly take the trouble to
get themselves a copy. “The editors suggest to the GSS that they award the
prize for Israel’s security to the authors,” the leaflet states, “who gave
the detectives the option of reading the summarized conclusions without any
need for in-depth study of the entire book.”
One student of the Od Yosef Hai yeshiva in Yitzhar
explained, from his point of view, where RabbisShapira and Elitzur got the
courage to speak so freely on a subject such as the killing of non-Jews.
“The rabbis aren’t afraid of prosecution because in that case, Maimonides
[Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, 1135–1204] and Nahmanides [Rabbi Moses ben Nahman,
1194–1270] would have to stand trial too, and anyway, this is research on
religious law,” the yeshiva student said. “In a Jewish state, nobody sits in
jail for studying Torah.”
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/the-complete-guide-to-killing-non-jews.html
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