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| City: | Beer-Sheva | State: | Israel | | |
| "British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks set off a storm of controversy in mostly right-wing British Jewish circles Tuesday, after he told The Guardian newspaper that the Middle East conflict has forced Israel to adopt a stance that conflicts with the ideals of Judaism. Sacks said that the current situation in Israel has caused the country to adopt a stance `incompatible` with the `deepest ideals` of Judaism and that the current Palestinian conflict is corrupting Israeli culture. `There is no question that this kind of prolonged conflict, together with the absence of hope, generates hatreds and insensitivities that in the long run are corrupting to a culture,` he told The Guardian." in "Calls for U.K. chief rabbi to quit for criticizing Israel", by Sharon Sadeh, Ha`aretz Correspondent, Haaretz, August 28, 2002. "We are heading downhill towards near-catastrophe. If we go on living by the sword, we will continue to wallow in the mud and destroy ourselves." Yaakov Perry, former Head of the Shin Bet (1988-1995), quoted in "Israel on road to ruin, warn former Shin Bet chiefs", by Chris McGreal in Jerusalem, November 15, 2003. www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1085624,00.html Three and a half years after Y. Perry had said these words, Hamas was in full control of the entire Gaza Strip, and of the Palestinian parliament. |
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