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Last update - 10:18 09/11/2009
West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel
By Haaretz Service
Tags: West Bank rabbi 

Just weeks after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist, Yaakov Teitel, a West Bank rabbi on Monday released a book giving Jews permission to kill Gentiles who threaten Israel.

Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement, wrote in his book "The King's Torah" that even babies and children can be killed if they pose a threat to the nation.

Shapiro based the majority of his teachings on passages quoted from the Bible, to which he adds his opinions and beliefs.
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"It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation," he wrote, adding: "If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven commandments - because we care about the commandments - there is nothing wrong with the murder."

Several prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Yithak Ginzburg and Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, have recommended the book to their students and followers.

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      1.   So can gentiles kill jews who threaten peace and democracy ? 10:11  |  SJ 09/11/09
      2.   ...even babies and children? 10:23  |  Anne 09/11/09
      3.   A Rabbi`s Departure From Judaism 10:27  |  EZ 09/11/09
      4.   Rabbis Justifying Murder 10:41  |  Moshe ben Yitzhak 09/11/09
      5.   demetned Rabbi 10:49  |  Yossi Yael 09/11/09
      6.   "Murder"-by definition-is an illegal act. 10:51  |  HPL 09/11/09
      7.   Not jewish teachings 10:51  |  Gary 09/11/09
      8.   Yitzhar settlement 11:20  |  Franklin 09/11/09
      9.   The Beitar Illit settlement 11:23  |  Franklin 09/11/09
      10.   Shocking when extremism becomes mainstream 11:24  |  JH 09/11/09
      11.   And Gentiles can kill Jews who threaten world security...??? 11:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 09/11/09
      12.   A Very Sick Society 11:32  |  MB 09/11/09
      13.   This rabbi is encourageing Jewish Terrorists 11:38  |  Naomi 09/11/09
      14.   SJ - Gentiles have killed Jews for NO reason including Hitler. 11:40  |  B 09/11/09
      15.   Whoever it may be... 11:43  |  Amir Mohamed 09/11/09
      16.   Permission to kill 11:44  |  Helen 09/11/09
      17.   notice it says the word "threaten" 11:45  |  Lin Fei 09/11/09
      18.   #2 come on.. 11:57  |  lin fei 09/11/09
      19.   limits 12:01  |  elsie 09/11/09
      20.   Didn`t you people notice the punch line? 12:02  |  sh 09/11/09
      21.   Back to ante-babylonian times 12:03  |  gIL 09/11/09
      22.   Lin Fei 12:09  |  Konrad 09/11/09
      23.   Just another religious nutcase 12:11  |  O 09/11/09
      24.   N°13 and 14: 12:13  |  Gil 09/11/09
      25.   How convenient .. 12:13  |  un2here 09/11/09
      26.   Extremism at its worst ! 12:14  |  Benjamina 09/11/09
      27.   The demographic threat to Israel 12:16  |  Pierre Fraenkel 09/11/09
      28.   sounds like a Bond Movie 12:19  |  idee fixe 09/11/09
      29.   17.. I think you have not read the news lately 12:26  |  linfei 09/11/09
      30.   The settlement of Yitzhar`s Rabbi 12:29  |  Steve Fried 09/11/09
      31.   Yet the Left is encouraging .... 12:32  |  Binyamin Dissen 09/11/09
      32.   This is libel 12:36  |  Censored media 09/11/09
      33.   #28 13:11  |  elsie 09/11/09
      34.   What`s new? 13:23  |  Hannibal 09/11/09
      35.   Swiss Army has only swiss pocket knives as weapons 13:32  |  Absolute Sweden 09/11/09
      36.   I wonder who safeguards these extremists.... 13:44  |  wally 09/11/09
      37.   (#31) Cencored media 13:47  |  Hannibal 09/11/09
      38.   Hannibal from DK ,Danish troops in Afghanistan kill children too 13:55  |  Absolute Sweden 09/11/09
      39.   perhaps its in the food they eat 14:32  |  ky 09/11/09
      40.   this rabbi must be prosecuted 14:38  |  jewishguy 09/11/09
      41.   Such "jews" are those who threaten Israel people 14:53  |  Alberto 09/11/09
      42.   #14 B 14:56  |  BDS 09/11/09
      43.   Another Nut 15:02  |  Barry Zornberg 09/11/09
      44.   (#37) Absolute Sweden... 15:14  |  Hannibal 09/11/09
      45.   Amir Mohamad 15:24  |  Jane 09/11/09
      46.   absolute sweden - query 15:30  |  potobac 09/11/09
      47.   west bank rabbi 15:30  |  zoe 09/11/09
      48.   rabbi 15:51  |  zoe 09/11/09
      49.   West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel 16:39  |  R C 09/11/09
      50.   Yeshiva`s or Madrassas 16:58  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/11/09
      51.   Is it equally legitimate to kill a `jew` who breaks a commandment 17:40  |  James 09/11/09
      52.   Four words 17:45  |  Jacob 09/11/09
      53.   What is the State Prosecutor waiting for? 18:18  |  Andrei 09/11/09
      54.   Why? This Rabbi is Too Far Out There! 18:34  |  Stephen 09/11/09
      55.   where are they---PSM nd hi band of merry apologists 18:56  |  raphael 09/11/09
      56.   Response to #17 18:58  |  R C 09/11/09
      57.   Judaism permits self defense and preemptive attack 19:04  |  Malkiel 09/11/09
      58.   What to say? 19:10  |  Hugh 09/11/09
      59.   #50-Chris & Killing is a good thing! 19:16  |  Yitz 09/11/09
      60.   Babies 19:17  |  Malkiel 09/11/09
      61.   A nice footnote to the Goldstone Report 19:18  |  Pssd Off American 09/11/09
      62.   Some of our religious are becoming more and more crazy... 19:19  |  S 09/11/09
      63.   hamrada 19:26  |  franky 09/11/09
      64.   Stephen on this rabbi`s behaviour #53 19:28  |  Yaakov Sullivan 09/11/09
      65.   This particular rabbi sounds likes a psychopath 19:41  |  Jason 09/11/09
      66.   Absolute vodka and Sweden 19:53  |  Rigoletto 09/11/09
      67.   So is "West Bank Rabbi" ok with Jews dying? 20:07  |  Czarkazem13 09/11/09
      68.   Gross 20:34  |  Jennifer 09/11/09
      69.   #7 Gary "Not Jewish teachings." 21:07  |  Jim 09/11/09
      70.   #7 Gary "Not Jewish teachings." 21:13  |  Jim 09/11/09
      71.   #20 sh 21:39  |  Jim 09/11/09
      72.   Poor Rabbi its not his fault if he sings from the... 21:49  |  Maureen Ann 09/11/09
      73.   Religious fanaticism is not brand dependent 21:55  |  Mark Lincoln 09/11/09
      74.   its horrible, my love for jews got shaken 22:03  |  amit 09/11/09
      75.   #36 Walid 22:03  |  JIm 09/11/09
      76.   Yes sh, I did get the punch line 22:04  |  Mark Lincoln 09/11/09
      77.   S - if you ask 22:06  |  Mark Lincoln 09/11/09
      78.   And This is What We Are to Believe Judaism Teaches? 22:13  |  Moshe Cryan 09/11/09
      79.   This is one persons words but islamists really act on it-not Jews 22:46  |  ks 09/11/09
      80.   Judaims is being tested 22:50  |  Elliotu 09/11/09
      81.   Another loonie 23:00  |  Arnold 09/11/09
      82.   #63 Mark Lincoln 23:05  |  Jim 09/11/09
      83.   #64 Elliotu 23:08  |  Jim 09/11/09
      84.   If this rabbi represents Judaism..... 23:10  |  Janice 09/11/09
      85.   West Bank (what?) Rabbi 23:28  |  Rigoletto 09/11/09
      86.   Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro should face his own medicine 23:40  |  binny 09/11/09
      87.   Racists 23:42  |  binny 09/11/09
      88.   Where were they? 23:42  |  harvey 09/11/09
      89.   hijacking of religions 23:47  |  binny 09/11/09
      90.   west bank Pals 23:52  |  J 09/11/09
      91.   #40 jewishguy 00:15  |  Jim 10/11/09
      92.   I bet that he`s American 00:25  |  American Patriot 10/11/09
      93.   Legal to kill babies? 00:25  |  Doug 10/11/09
      94.   He is wrong and lives on planet X 00:29  |  JO 10/11/09
      95.   Yes! Go round up the babies!! 01:17  |  Adam 10/11/09
      96.   for this reason alone settlements must be stopped 01:19  |  michael 10/11/09
      97.   LAW of"RODEF"applies to ALL who pursue to kill,ignore warning and 01:29  |  PETER SM 10/11/09
      98.   Clerics 01:31  |  AM 10/11/09
      99.   Religion as a disease. 01:42  |  Roo 10/11/09
      100.   "even babies and children can be killed? Is this guy for real? 02:11  |  newageblues 10/11/09
      101.   Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel 02:20  |  Shel 10/11/09
      102.   Kill, Kill, Kill !!!!!!!!!! 02:24  |  Jack 10/11/09
      103.   BDS So many Jews in Iran?? 1993-75,000,2009 20-25000! 02:30  |  PETER SM 10/11/09
      104.   so a Christian,by definition, deserves death 02:42  |  Justine 10/11/09
      105.   ...and How Does This Differ From Official Government Policy? 03:15  |  Reader 10/11/09
      106.   Palestinian sheik got a missile when he said it 03:19  |  John 10/11/09
      107.   M: Actually the Germans believed that Jews were a threat to Aryan 03:20  |  That`s the reason 10/11/09
      108.   West Bank Rabbi 03:51  |  Dr.Joji Cherian 10/11/09
      109.   A recipe for genocide... 04:03  |  peacelover 10/11/09
      110.   West Bank rabbi:Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel. 04:19  |  Yochanan 10/11/09
      111.   Waht a criminal and racist nation?? 04:35  |  Sami 10/11/09
      112.   Is there such a thing as Judo-fascism 06:53  |  Cynic #2 10/11/09
      113.   #17 Well, if we are going to argue over WORDS, Lin Fei 07:35  |  Johnboy 10/11/09
      114.   Binyamin Dissen OH? 07:40  |  CJ 10/11/09
      115.   Weid Rabbi - - All gentiles are potential Jews 07:44  |  CJ 10/11/09
      116.   Just to point something out here....... 07:45  |  Johnboy 10/11/09
      117.   Grave diggers of the settlement movement 07:56  |  Ofer Maimon 10/11/09
      118.   Let`s protect our terrorists 08:06  |  Stacy 10/11/09
      119.   Ahem...where is the news here? 08:08  |  Joe 10/11/09
      120.   shocking 08:31  |  Rafael 10/11/09
      121.   Interpreting the Talmud through a mind renewed by universal love 08:59  |  Sheli 10/11/09
      122.   Haaretz stunts Mr Maimon? 09:00  |  sh 10/11/09
      123.   A moslem rabbi? 09:32  |  Willit Print 10/11/09
      124.   Does this doctrine apply to rabbis as well ? 09:37  |  ZORRO 10/11/09
      125.   The damage is already done 09:38  |  dana 10/11/09
      126.   #70 I think you better read this again, Stacy 09:44  |  Johnboy 10/11/09
      127.   to Joe #73 10:29  |  zeev 10/11/09
      128.   Stacy - If you say so Stacy, no one else is. 10:36  |  CJ 10/11/09
      129.   Willit Print - Care to point ONE out? 10:39  |  CJ 10/11/09
      130.   B -- -- Uh???? 10:46  |  CJ 10/11/09
      131.   Religion as a disease 10:53  |  Roo 10/11/09
      132.   What lovely people 11:31  |  Eyes Wide Open 10/11/09
      133.   on a prominent rabbi 11:36  |  zeev 10/11/09
      134.   West Bank Rabbi`s Comments 11:38  |  Eli 10/11/09
      135.   You shall not kill 11:39  |  H 10/11/09
      136.   So what`s new? 11:43  |  Lese Majeste 10/11/09
      137.   Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel 13:05  |  Bob Van den Broeck 10/11/09
      138.   Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel 13:07  |  Peter 10/11/09
      139.   Willit Print 13:08  |  O 10/11/09
      140.   Jewish Defense League 13:35  |  Akiva 10/11/09
      141.   Further to #83 13:45  |  Ben Azzai 10/11/09
      142.   West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel 14:47  |  JC 10/11/09
      143.   PETER SM 19:17  |  BDS 10/11/09
      144.   it is sad to see israel has its Mullahs!! 19:47  |  Tony Silver 10/11/09
      145.   To Malkiel # 57 21:09  |  Amir Mohamed 10/11/09
      146.   Jews Can Kill even Babies if Israel is Threatened 01:33  |  Sam 11/11/09
      147.   Rabid Rabbi Anti-Gentilism! 02:22  |  Saint Goy 11/11/09
      148.   Religion still sucks 04:18  |  DAVE 11/11/09
      149.   "warping god." indeed. 04:56  |  bob 11/11/09
      150.   Killing is a violation of the 10 commandments 13:29  |  Chuck 11/11/09
      151.   to #145, Amir Mohamed 18:04  |  Malkiel 11/11/09
      152.   #150 Chuck 18:16  |  Malkiel 11/11/09
      153.   Rabbis gives okay 19:11  |  None 11/11/09
      154.   This will all end... 21:10  |  Chris 12/11/09
      155.   Self-defense not murder 21:23  |  blash 12/11/09
      156.   Jews can kill non-Jew babies 04:37  |  Marti 13/11/09
      157.   The Old Testament is rife with ideas like this... 16:35  |  Noor 14/11/09
      158.   Sick Enterprise 02:26  |  Bassam 15/11/09
      159.   to Noor #157 - 2nd try 16:31  |  zeev 15/11/09
      160.   Straight out of Talmud 05:21  |  Mannstein 16/11/09
      161.   blash 155 05:41  |  potobac 18/11/09
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