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Safed chief rabbi calls on state to exact 'revenge' against Arabs
By Nadav Shragai, Jack Khoury, and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Israel, Safed, Arabs 

The chief rabbi of Safed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, is calling on the government to carry out "state-sanctioned revenge" against Arabs in order to, in his words, restore Israel's deterrence.

The Musawa Center for Arab Rights in Israel said it planned to urge the Attorney General to censure Eliyahu over the comments and punish him "at the fullest severity of the law."

In a piece penned for this upcoming weekend's edition of the newsletter "Eretz Yisrael Shelanu," Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu wrote: "It's time to call the child by its name: Revenge, revenge, revenge. We mustn't forget. We have to take horrible revenge for the terrorist attack at Mercaz Harav yeshiva," referring to the incident in which eight students were killed earlier this month.
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"I'm not talking about individual people in particular, I'm talking about the state," Eliyahu wrote. "[The state] has to pain them to the point where they scream 'Enough,' to the point where they fall flat on their face and scream 'help.' Not for the sake of satisfying the need for revenge but for the purposes of deterrence."

In the newsletter, which was distributed to synagogues around the country, Eliyahu proposes "hanging the children of the terrorist who carried out the attack in the Mercaz Harav yeshiva from a tree."

"Two weeks have passed since the attack and we haven't heard of any retaliatory operations by Israel," the Safed chief rabbi wrote. "Something is amiss among the decision makers at the top. At one time, this was a basic component of Israel's policy. Every operation by the 'fedayeen' - the prior name used to describe terrorists - would bring a painful response. Today, they have forgotten the meaning of 'deterrence force'. The IDF's capacity for deterrence is gone."

The rabbi added that he "already sees all the bleeding hearts clicking their tongues, moving uncomfortably in their chairs, contorting their faces at this display of 'depravity' and beginning to spout their slogans. 'Barbaric.' 'Amoral.' 'Inciter' and the rest of the usual words that are frequently blurted out from their mouths. Don't pay them any mind. With their way of doing things, there won't be a state here in another 30 years. They've already taken the trouble to arrange foreign passports for their children. We'll stay here. We need to live with those who understand very well the language of revenge."

Activists at Musawa pointed to prior statements in which the rabbi made statements which were viewed as problematic by the Arab community.

"This isn't the first time the rabbi from Safed incites against Arabs," a Musawa spokesperson said. "In 2004, Eliyahu gave a radio interview in which he called on homeowners neither to rent out their homes nor sell their homes to Arabs."

The activist also accused the attorney general of being too selective in enforcing laws against expressions of racism and incitement.

"Whenever Mazuz receives a complaint about an instance of incitement and racism, he defends the freedom of expression for the Jewish inciters while, on the other hand, hands down an indictment against [the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement] Sheikh Ra'ad Salah," the activist said. "Calls to torture and take revenge against Arabs are incitement to racism and violence, and we expect the justice system to act and crack down on the phenomena that lead to violence."

The head of Young Meretz, Uri Zachi, urged Mazuz to investigate the rabbi and to prohibit the disseminating of the newsletter "Eretz Yisrael Shelanu."

Officials in the Reform Movement also issued harsh condemnations in response to Eliyahu's statements.

"Jewish history is rife with extremists whose fanaticism brought disasters upon the nation while sullying its moral character," Rabbi Gilad Kariv said. "It would be best if the concept of revenge, as opposed to the concept of deterrence, would be a foreign one to the state of Israel as a democratic state of law and as the state of the Jewish people. Rabbi Eliyahu's comments are further proof of the attorney general's serious error in deciding to retract an indictment against Rabbi Eliyahu for incitement to racism in exchange for a shady apology."

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      1.   Mad dog Eliyahu 11:51  |  D Hirod 26/03/08
      2.   Apikorsus, and everyone knows it 12:06  |  Magavnik 26/03/08
      3.   Religious lunatics 12:08  |  HS 26/03/08
      4.   No more blood 12:10  |  Fahmi Natour 26/03/08
      5.   Proud to be a bleeding heart liberal, then! 12:14  |  Faraz Kermani 26/03/08
      6.   #4 HS "Religious Lunatics" 12:16  |  Murray of Montreal 26/03/08
      7.   Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu is a monster 12:18  |  David James Vickery 26/03/08
      8.   Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu`s children 12:18  |  John Saul 26/03/08
      9.   Harsh Words - the sentiments are correct though 12:21  |  S Judah 26/03/08
      10.   Israeli Lefties love their own children less than they love pals 12:21  |  Absolute Sweden 26/03/08
      11.   Bloodthirsty rabbi 12:23  |  Jack 26/03/08
      12.   SILLY man!! If true. He does not speak for me or anyone I know- 12:23  |  PETER SM 26/03/08
      13.   Now another rabbi... 12:26  |  Esther 26/03/08
      14.   Well, he calls it as it is...... 12:31  |  Johnboy 26/03/08
      15.   Which legal system? 12:35  |  Motic 26/03/08
      16.   Blind 12:35  |  Jude 26/03/08
      17.   Judah of London 12:37  |  Michael 26/03/08
      18.   reminds me of Revenge of the Master Race 12:37  |  sev 26/03/08
      19.   Purim binge? 12:38  |  Joseph 26/03/08
      20.   safed chief rabbi and revenge 12:40  |  siem 26/03/08
      21.   Rabbi Eliyahu and others like him 13:01  |  Robin Hood 26/03/08
      22.   Sooooo, what is Israeli security going to do about this.... 13:05  |  Johnboy 26/03/08
      23.   NOT A rabbi of the true Jewish order 13:05  |  George 26/03/08
      24.   He is obviously in a great deal of pain. Lord, have mercy. 13:14  |  . 26/03/08
      25.   Preaching hatred 13:14  |  SJ 26/03/08
      26.   will he be asking the ultra orthadox to join the army to? 13:18  |  concerned citizen 26/03/08
      27.   AND THEY TALK ABOUT ANTISEMITISM..... THIS IS FAR WORSE 13:21  |  TripleJump 26/03/08
      28.   SJ what about Rabin and his ilk? 13:25  |  Simcha 26/03/08
      29.   And there you are still wondering ... 13:28  |  Axel 26/03/08
      30.   This case ... 13:35  |  Axel 26/03/08
      31.   Eliyahu is only following the Old Testament 13:40  |  Raad 26/03/08
      32.   This man is every bit a terrorist. 13:42  |  Deborah 26/03/08
      33.   The State must respond to the terror attack at Mercaz Ha`Rav 13:50  |  Haldrik 26/03/08
      34.   # 28 Simcha not exactly correct 13:51  |  SJ 26/03/08
      35.   # 30 You have no moral credibility 13:54  |  CM 26/03/08
      36.   raad 31 13:59  |  gEORGE 26/03/08
      37.   Not unusual 14:03  |  menachem 26/03/08
      38.   SJ killed the hopes of the country you are nuts 14:03  |  Simcha 26/03/08
      39.   How do these rabid rabbis get appointed in the first place? 14:06  |  Esther 26/03/08
      40.   George # 36 14:13  |  Raad 26/03/08
      41.   HAIL RABBI!!!!!! AS THE RABBI WATCHED THE SWINGING TREES 14:17  |  yAAKOV sULLIVAN 26/03/08
      42.   What a pitiful person. 14:20  |  Goldstein 26/03/08
      43.   Of course - but is not the govt. arming the PA 14:20  |  Jack 26/03/08
      44.   Isn`t that incitement to murder? 14:22  |  Michael 26/03/08
      45.   Eliyahu and his children 14:23  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      46.   The Racism of Religious Jews 14:23  |  POP 26/03/08
      47.   AN OFFER to The Rabbis 14:24  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 26/03/08
      48.   Rabbi WHACKO Eliyahu 14:30  |  Chaval 26/03/08
      49.   WHAT HAPPENS IF SOME RABBIS GO TO OTHER SIDE TO TALK PEACEFULLY ? 14:30  |  ... 26/03/08
      50.   Zero chance Israels current administration gets reelected 14:32  |  Haldrik 26/03/08
      51.   Can Israeli Politicians Show, they are Leaders? 14:32  |  Sharif Hafez 26/03/08
      52.   Gefreiter Axel,Maul Halten,your comparisons prove Germans 14:32  |  Absolute Sweden 26/03/08
      53.   Michael you lie 44 14:35  |  Simcha 26/03/08
      54.   TripleJump, but we must understand 14:35  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      55.   to 47 Terrorist dishonor Arabs 14:35  |  CM 26/03/08
      56.   Reply # 38 not so simcha 14:37  |  SJ 26/03/08
      57.   Free Speech 14:37  |  Ari 26/03/08
      58.   Most of the responders above seem evil 14:38  |  Objectivity 26/03/08
      59.   #9, S Judah, you think this would stop Arab terrorism? 14:42  |  newageblues 26/03/08
      60.   Eliyahu, talk peaceably!!??? 14:43  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      61.   NOONE HERE EVER LISTENS TO FRIDAY SERMONS IN THE WORLD`S MOSQUES 14:44  |  Freethinker 26/03/08
      62.   Ari from the City of Brotherly Love 14:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      63.   Jewish rabbis are becomming more radical than Muslim clerics 14:48  |  Rami 26/03/08
      64.   Why Does Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Not Call On SHAS . . . 14:49  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 26/03/08
      65.   Freethinker, oh come off it!! 14:53  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      66.   # 52 Not all Germans should be castrated 14:54  |  CM 26/03/08
      67.   "Jewish rabbis are becoming more radical than Muslim clerics" 14:55  |  *crosses fingers* 26/03/08
      68.   GUYS ! DONT PANIC. WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HEARTS :) 14:55  |  NO PROBLEM 26/03/08
      69.   To Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu. 14:56  |  sandra chitayat 26/03/08
      70.   THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. DONT DISCOVER AMERICA AGAIN :) 14:56  |  this is too old 26/03/08
      71.   we knbow each other, relax...LET HIM TALK. 5768 YEARS NO TALK. 14:57  |  LET HIM TALK. 26/03/08
      72.   THE RABBIS CANT HIDE THE HATE ANYMORE :) 14:58  |  this is new 26/03/08
      73.   TALMUD HAS UNFORGIVABLE RACIST POINTS. 14:59  |  ... 26/03/08
      74.   SAVE FUTURE RABBIS, THESE ONES LOST IN THE TALMUD. 15:00  |  A NEW TALMUD 26/03/08
      75.   this is the man! 15:00  |  merre 26/03/08
      76.   FACTS CANNOT BE CHANGED WITH FALSE PROPAGANDA, HATRED & IGNORANCE 15:07  |  READ THE FACTS 26/03/08
      77.   FAITH IN HUMAN...the only beautifull way. 15:07  |  ... 26/03/08
      78.   MY MECCA IS HUMAN. yours should be human too. 15:08  |  ... 26/03/08
      79.   # 35 CM 15:09  |  Axel 26/03/08
      80.   WE CANT LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG WITHOUT TALKING ! 15:10  |  some responsibity ? 26/03/08
      81.   Is the CHief Rabbi of Tsfat a Government Post 15:11  |  Donald 26/03/08
      82.   THE SECULARS ARE NOT ANGLE TOO :) 15:11  |  come on :) 26/03/08
      83.   its great to READ AN OPINIUM BY A RABBI here 15:12  |  he ıs direct ! 26/03/08
      84.   HE IS AT LEAST DIRECT. NO DOUBLE DEALER 15:13  |  THANKS MY RABBI 26/03/08
      85.   The chief rabbi is correct! 15:13  |  Scott L. Havsy 26/03/08
      86.   The Rabbi is clever- He was against Oslo, Itnatkut & he was right 15:14  |  Ronny 26/03/08
      87.   ALL DAYS BELONG TO THE GOD. happy wednezday brothers :) 15:15  |  ... 26/03/08
      88.   JUST ENJOY HIS SPEECH. DONT AFRAID. WORLD KNOWS WHO IS WHO :) 15:15  |  relax :) 26/03/08
      89.   Response to #2 15:17  |  Scott L. Havsy 26/03/08
      90.   Rabbis life are not easy. NO DRINK. NO SEX. NO MOVIE. NO TRAVEL.. 15:17  |  ... 26/03/08
      91.   Report ignores context 15:18  |  Naftush 26/03/08
      92.   HAARETZ ! IF THEY ATTACK ON HIM THAT MUCH ! I AM AFRAID I MUST 15:19  |  PROTECT HIM 26/03/08
      93.   # 38 simcha 15:20  |  Axel 26/03/08
      94.   MY FRIENDS, I am too relax. DONT BE CANCER 15:22  |  no danger :) 26/03/08
      95.   Send him to THE SINAGOGUE OF VATICAN :) 15:22  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 26/03/08
      96.   Rabbi Eliyahu calls for revenge 15:23  |  Eli 26/03/08
      97.   Rabbis should keep their noses to the grindstone 15:23  |  sh 26/03/08
      98.   Who`s lying Simcha 53? 15:23  |  Michael 26/03/08
      99.   David James Vickery 15:26  |  Purple Canary 26/03/08
      100.   Rami of Nazareth 15:30  |  Purple Canary 26/03/08
      101.   i wonder if chimps would use bombs when 15:31  |  bozhidar bob balkas 26/03/08
      102.   have you heard that CHINE GIVING HARD TIME TO TIBET ? 15:42  |  ... 26/03/08
      103.   DID ISRAEL RECOGNISE KOSOVA, YET ? 15:43  |  ... 26/03/08
      104.   IN KENYA, GENODICE STILL GOING ON ? 15:44  |  ... 26/03/08
      105.   Musawa Says Not A Word To Restore Deterrence Against Arab Terror 15:45  |  Joseph . E 26/03/08
      106.   DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT COMMUNIZM BACK TO RUSSIA, EVER ? 15:47  |  ... 26/03/08
      107.   GUYS ! I AM TIRED OF ISRAELS PROBLEMS 15:49  |  I mean it 26/03/08
      108.   WHAT KIND OF SEX SCANDAL BIBI DID ? 15:51  |  ... 26/03/08
      109.   WHAT KIND OF SEX SCANDAL BIBI DID ? 15:51  |  ... 26/03/08
      110.   59 Newageblues - Yes I think it will. 15:55  |  S Judah 26/03/08
      111.   # 9 16:00  |  Axel 26/03/08
      112.   New modern day Judiasm, nothing new 16:04  |  El-Birawi 26/03/08
      113.   newageblues maybe it would? 59 16:06  |  Simcha 26/03/08
      114.   Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord 16:07  |  L A 26/03/08
      115.   The attack has changed a lot things 16:15  |  ... 26/03/08
      116.   to paraphrase another " how many divisions does this rabbi have? 16:16  |  v hardman 26/03/08
      117.   Arabs Bestial Anti-Semitism 16:17  |  Joseph . E 26/03/08
      118.   A "terrorist-rabbi" in Safed.....???? 16:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/03/08
      119.   why we go after what we dont see ? 16:18  |  ... 26/03/08
      120.   start talking revenge 16:30  |  lisa 26/03/08
      121.   THE Hypocrits who were quiet when 80+% of PALS approved killing - 16:30  |  PETER SM 26/03/08
      122.   RAAD 40 16:32  |  George 26/03/08
      123.   He`s not representative of the Israeli public, 16:32  |  Che Vive 26/03/08
      124.   AAAAaaa jews 16:37  |  wingtip 26/03/08
      125.   IMAGINE IF SOME ONE CALLED "REVENGE" AGAINST THE "JEWS" 16:39  |  indrajaya 26/03/08
      126.   CONGRATULATION DURBAN I-II 16:44  |  indrajaya 26/03/08
      127.   INDRAJAYA YOu and your brothers cry"Death to Israel"all the time 16:46  |  PETER SM 26/03/08
      128.   Rabbis comments was a reference to the Purim story 16:46  |  Ash 26/03/08
      129.   hang the ones responsible for supplying the weapons to the p.l.o 16:53  |  chaim 26/03/08
      130.   # 91 naftush 16:57  |  Axel 26/03/08
      131.   Dear Scott Havsy from Tacoma 16:58  |  Magavnik 26/03/08
      132.   # 128 ash 17:03  |  Axel 26/03/08
      133.   SHAME on Haaretz 17:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/03/08
      134.   Response to #2`s to my response 17:11  |  Scott L. Havsy 26/03/08
      135.   # 127, PETER SM 17:16  |  indrajaya 26/03/08
      136.   SO....? AS LONG AS SDEROT AND KIBUTZIM 17:18  |  Robert 26/03/08
      137.   El-Birawi 17:18  |  Purple Canary 26/03/08
      138.   George 122 17:21  |  Raad 26/03/08
      139.   indrajaya 17:21  |  Purple Canary 26/03/08
      140.   My Apologies 17:26  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      141.   btw michael the bbc is yellow Journalism 17:33  |  Proof by Simcha 26/03/08
      142.   Magavnik I agree with you (2) 17:34  |  ChanahS 26/03/08
      143.   Rabbi Eliyahu 17:36  |  Avi Yerushalmi 26/03/08
      144.   Atilla # 73 17:36  |  ChanahS 26/03/08
      145.   AAAAaaa jews 124 17:36  |  Simcha 26/03/08
      146.   Anyone proposing the murder of children should be hanged 17:36  |  Zalman XY 26/03/08
      147.   #118 not again more etzes from the swiss banker 17:37  |  v hardman 26/03/08
      148.   Ronny 86 17:38  |  ChanahS 26/03/08
      149.   rightS group? 17:40  |  Namde Ad 26/03/08
      150.   Indrajaya - revenge on the Jews 17:40  |  ChanahS 26/03/08
      151.   Safed Rabbi--revenge on Arabs 17:47  |  irwin liebman 26/03/08
      152.   # 1 I believe you are the one-when sehl is in lehl.... 17:56  |  misha 26/03/08
      153.   Zalman 17:57  |  Purple Canary 26/03/08
      154.   Yaakov#54 We have talked on Zionism, I thought you understood 17:58  |  Robert/Montreal 26/03/08
      155.   #76 Read the Facts 18:02  |  Ben Alofs 26/03/08
      156.   Revenge 18:05  |  Tom Smitsloo 26/03/08
      157.   #14 Hey, Johnny, aren`t you little to nosy, look closer to home 18:09  |  misha 26/03/08
      158.   What do you think arabs 18:23  |  Realistic Arab 26/03/08
      159.   Stinking Jews 18:24  |  AB 26/03/08
      160.   # 52 revenge in the innocent 18:25  |  David 26/03/08
      161.   Atheists of the world unite 18:31  |  Chanalau, Tova 26/03/08
      162.   "Two weeks have passed since the attack and we haven`t heard of " 18:35  |  observer 26/03/08
      163.   #155 dr ben prescribes facts but not for himself ? 18:36  |  v ictor hardman 26/03/08
      164.   # 144, ChanahS 18:45  |  Atilla K. 26/03/08
      165.   Cipora Juliana Kohn Wonders What`s All The Fuss? 18:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      166.   Orthodox terrorism 18:52  |  Sharon 26/03/08
      167.   No Godly cause require pain and suffereing! 18:52  |  Bader S Abu-Ghosh 26/03/08
      168.   Unfortunately the Rabbi is right 18:56  |  AliciaYasmeen 26/03/08
      169.   Indijara #125 - IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN ARAB COUNTRIES!!! 18:56  |  SHIMON 26/03/08
      170.   Is This Monster Getting Taxpayer Shekels??? 18:59  |  B`Galil 26/03/08
      171.   Then what would happen??????? 18:59  |  Jp 26/03/08
      172.   Ben, is arab propaganda any less predictable or repetitive? 19:00  |  Freethinker 26/03/08
      173.   Once Atilla starts posting, everyone just finds something to do.. 19:01  |  Freethinker 26/03/08
      174.   #54 Yaakov Sullivan`s Rediculous Challenge 19:11  |  JP 26/03/08
      175.   # 133 cjk 19:11  |  Axel 26/03/08
      176.   I`m glad you say that! 19:11  |  Daniel M 26/03/08
      177.   The difference 19:14  |  TonyL 26/03/08
      178.   141 I`ll take that as your apology then Simcha. 19:20  |  Michael 26/03/08
      179.   Why is this oddball a lead Haaretz story? 19:22  |  Scharker Yid 26/03/08
      180.   # 147 v hardman 19:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 26/03/08
      181.   Haaretz is untrustworthy: took the Rabbis comment out of context 19:25  |  Joe 26/03/08
      182.   CJK re: Shame on Haaretz 19:25  |  TonyL 26/03/08
      183.   HS 19:26  |  Abby 26/03/08
      184.   THE GOOD JEWS IN ISRAEL 19:32  |  BigBadJohn 26/03/08
      185.   zalman anyone proposing that people should be hanged for 19:33  |  x-ray 26/03/08
      186.   El Birawi 19:35  |  x-ray 26/03/08
      187.   Make a referendum 19:35  |  victor sondos 26/03/08
      188.   Worn out by all the killing 19:49  |  American Patriot 26/03/08
      189.   Words of wisdom that will be proven true 20:13  |  Paul 26/03/08
      190.   The government`s lack of action..... 20:27  |  Shalom 26/03/08
      191.   Makes Rev. Wright sound like a boy scout 20:30  |  Pablo B 26/03/08
      192.   LA Paul and his words of "Wisdom" #157 20:31  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      193.   The problem of law in Israel 20:38  |  Tosefta 26/03/08
      194.   What does the rabbi think of israel`s state sponsored terrorism! 20:46  |  lakshmi 26/03/08
      195.   Challenge to all offended 21:00  |  Burned Liberal 26/03/08
      196.   For Law &Order wipe out terrorism 21:03  |  sam 26/03/08
      197.   This is the same one who married kahane`s son 21:06  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      198.   lakshmi #162 21:18  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/08
      199.   Yaakov I waited to see a response to my post to you 21:27  |  Robert/Montreal 26/03/08
      200.   To the paper 21:30  |  TonyL 26/03/08
      201.   typical wolve in sheeps blood 21:38  |  ST.Leslie 26/03/08
      202.   Unite Aganist Extremists! 21:40  |  Yaackov Sullivan 26/03/08
      203.   #79 You are a problem for Germany 21:51  |  CM 26/03/08
      204.   bad middot 22:09  |  . 26/03/08
      205.   INDAJAYA read my post@ 12 ! Why do you lie? 22:13  |  26/03/08
      206.   INDRAJAYA Read my post @ 12.Why do you lie? 22:16  |  PETER SM 26/03/08
      207.   Haldrik`s zero tolerance 22:19  |  Stephen Connor 26/03/08
      208.   Goldstein - "pitiable" is more appropriate 22:22  |  Stephen Connor 26/03/08
      209.   String up the children??? 22:25  |  Jim 26/03/08
      210.   Freethinker - Well, free anyway..... 22:26  |  Stephen Connor 26/03/08
      211.   Rabbi-d Eliyahu 22:29  |  Zev 26/03/08
      212.   SAME SULLIVAN who was not outraged at 80+% of PALS approval of 22:41  |  PETER SM 26/03/08
      213.   Love for the Ger is conditional 22:44  |  Tora 26/03/08
      214.   Terror has its place! 22:44  |  Moshiach Now 26/03/08
      215.   # 133 CJK 22:45  |  Axel 26/03/08
      216.   schoolyard beheadings,more efficient than hangings. 22:48  |  ST.Leslie 26/03/08
      217.   Vengence Is Mine Saith The Lord 22:53  |  Jeff Northridge 26/03/08
      218.   #133, thieving, lying, deceitful, pathological fake 22:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/03/08
      219.   US tax payers shouldn`t be supporting murdering cults inIsrael 23:10  |  Dutch 26/03/08
      220.   If the Haaretz Jihadi Booster Club howled like this.... 23:21  |  JP 26/03/08
      221.   #9 S Judah 23:22  |  Jim 26/03/08
      222.   Safed chief rabbi "revenge" or "get `er done!" 23:46  |  Heatherross 26/03/08
      223.   He represents a sizeable section 23:54  |  Truth 26/03/08
      224.   # 189 Jeff Northridge - Penn Valley CA 23:58  |  Rozz 26/03/08
      225.   #187, Axel, you were taken in by a fake 23:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/03/08
      226.   Eye for eye? 00:16  |  Fritz T. 27/03/08
      227.   #12 PeterSM Bravo! 00:22  |  Maureen Ann 27/03/08
      228.   US taxpayers are funding the Rabbi, but... 00:38  |  JP 27/03/08
      229.   Reform is CRAZY (or crazy) 00:43  |  Yechiel 27/03/08
      230.   #49 Atilla......Hopefully some nutter won`t call for their 00:50  |  Lynn 27/03/08
      231.   #31 Raad The Old Testament, yes! 00:50  |  Jim 27/03/08
      232.   REVENGE? OVER 4000 NON-JEWS KILLED SINCE 2ND INTIFADA 00:53  |  Ali 27/03/08
      233.   THE ANSWER TO TERROR!! 00:53  |  Simeon ben Jacob 27/03/08
      234.   # 125 INDY....Hamas has already 00:59  |  Lynn 27/03/08
      235.   mad rabbi 01:00  |  tom 27/03/08
      236.   #33 Hadrik The state must respond.... 01:02  |  Jim 27/03/08
      237.   Moshiach Now (or 2000 yrs ago) 01:02  |  Stephen Connor 27/03/08
      238.   See, that`s what makes you do evil 01:05  |  Mankiss 27/03/08
      239.   Julianna Cipora Kohn - and her #133 faker 01:08  |  Stephen Connor 27/03/08
      240.   `Rabbi` Eliyahu, I got a better idea: let`s hang you 01:10  |  newageblues 27/03/08
      241.   extremistTALK,instant Outrage.Massacre Israe!li children.APPROVAL 01:21  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      242.   not surprised 01:35  |  sweis Melbourne 27/03/08
      243.   #38 Simcha 01:42  |  Jim 27/03/08
      244.   Tehillim 130 01:43  |  Shlomo Patel 27/03/08
      245.   #39 Esther 01:46  |  Jim 27/03/08
      246.   #41 yAAKOV sULLIVAN 01:52  |  Jim 27/03/08
      247.   Whoa there Lynn #197 01:56  |  Roo 27/03/08
      248.   To see all these Israeli responses against 02:06  |  kiwi girl 27/03/08
      249.   What makes you think ur the only who had a religious experience? 02:19  |  Mankiss 27/03/08
      250.   AYATOLAH KHOMEINI demonstrated Islamic love for children. 02:34  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      251.   # 200 Roo. he is just as wrong as anyone else 02:51  |  Lynn 27/03/08
      252.   RABBI ELIYAHU IS AN ARAB HIMSELF 02:55  |  AVI 27/03/08
      253.   # 196 Ali....which tells me they should have 03:11  |  Lynn 27/03/08
      254.   KIWIGIRL to see your response makes me wonder about your sanity 03:12  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      255.   What an Idea ! 03:50  |  MIKE 27/03/08
      256.   The question is `how to love the man who hates you 04:12  |  marilyn 27/03/08
      257.   It was Lenin who said that ... 05:23  |  Boris 27/03/08
      258.   Huge disproportionate fuss over a lousy helpless rabbi. 05:36  |  Fortuna Benmayor 27/03/08
      259.   Against Arabs? 05:55  |  Yosemite 27/03/08
      260.   I will just leave the comments to my jewish friends 07:25  |  Zaki 27/03/08
      261.   Re; #125 - indrajaya 08:09  |  PlanoStu 27/03/08
      262.   KIWIGIRL to see your post creates concern for your mental health 09:06  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      263.   Safed Chief Rabbi is totally delusional. 09:16  |  Ruby 27/03/08
      264.   GARBAGE"protests"by those who ignore Pal.approval of massacre. 09:29  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      265.   Safed Chief Rabbi is totally delusional. 09:32  |  Ruby 27/03/08
      266.   rabbi 10:09  |  bruch 27/03/08
      267.   Fool"Rabbi"condemned.Pal.mass murderer overwhelmingly approved !! 10:16  |  PETER SM 27/03/08
      268.   Endless cycle of death ... 10:17  |  spyguy 27/03/08
      269.   # 219, PLANOSTU 10:18  |  indrajaya 27/03/08
      270.   # 130, SPYGUY 10:43  |  indrajaya 27/03/08
      271.   The immorality of the liberal mind 11:46  |  Steve in the North 27/03/08
      272.   Where is the left? 11:51  |  Steve in the North 27/03/08
      273.   # 240 KIWI SLOP GOT PROOF OF YOUR STATEMENTS? 12:51  |  petra 27/03/08
      274.   Steve in the North on the "liberals" 13:52  |  Yaakov Sullivan 27/03/08
      275.   Avi #252 14:43  |  Avi Yerushalmi 27/03/08
      276.   Demonic Judaism 16:50  |  Tevye 27/03/08
      277.   Incident???????????? 20:10  |  yroth 27/03/08
      278.   Shmuel Eliyahu 20:23  |  noah victor 27/03/08
      279.   Spoken like a true Zionist 23:01  |  adam 27/03/08
      280.   Safed .... 01:01  |  Bam Boo 28/03/08
      281.   `revenge` against Arabs 18:24  |  Simon 28/03/08
      282.   #281 Simon in Kenya; Israel´s politics are all wrong! 00:31  |  AliciaYasmeen 29/03/08
      283.   If it was a Muslim 02:37  |  Rabbi Judbanker 29/03/08
      284.   The Jew in deed should be the stump and the rest the scion. 15:08  |  Simon 29/03/08
      285.   What? 09:38  |  Mark 01/04/08
      286.   does he have nukes?? 12:50  |  rob of Melbourne 01/04/08
      287.   to # 283 Rabbi Judbanker, thank you 18:41  |  Zaki 01/04/08
      288.   Revenge Justifications not good for Israel 23:44  |  Kirk Berryhill 01/04/08
      289.   cheif rabbi calls to extract revenge 05:31  |  israel 07/04/08
      290.   This is exactly what the ARABS WANT 00:49  |  Mordechai B 14/05/08
      291.   Safer chief rabbi calls on state to exact "revenge" against Arabs 16:20  |  Louis Calabro 01/06/08
      292.   US Press Very Mute on This! 22:57  |  Sal-USA 12/06/08
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