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Sorry, I did it again. My apologies to all list
members for my inadvertently -believe me, I don't see that well - sending
letters of a non-academic nature to this list.
Jonathan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 5:16
AM
Subject: Re Rabbi Sacks -- a different
view
Birds of a feather department
rabbi Sacks is just a
court Jew, he had no right dictating to Israel
what is moral for us Jews,
he did not cite the Torah, he just spouted
his own opinion.
According to Hashem in the Torah we were given the
"west bank" and some of
the EAST BANK, this is not occupied
territory, this is at best disputed
territory, since the entire world
disputes our right to it. Did
anyone chastise Jordan, which is 80%
of the land designated to be
Israel, which Britain illegally gave to
the Hashemites because of oil, for
OCCUPYING Judea and Samaria, and
destroying close to 100 synagogues in
Jerusalem? Of course not
(rhetorical question), they only complain
when the Jews LIBERATE what
is OURS.
rabbi Sacks does not live in
Israel, he does not feel their pain,
here is what a Rabbi in Israel, no
less a Rabbi than Dr. Sacks, said:
>From Arutz 7, August
30
>RABBI MELAMED REFUTES RABBI SACKS
>Rabbi Jonathan Sacks,
Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth,
>caused a storm this week with
an interview to The Guardian. He said
>he was "profoundly
shocked" by reports of smiling Israeli soldiers
>posing for a
photograph with the corpse of a slain Palestinian, and
>was quoted as
saying, "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."
>
>Rabbi Zalman Melamed, Chief Rabbi of Beit El,
responded to this
>comment by saying,
> "The IDF is the most
ethical and values-based army in the
>world. The IDF acts cruelly
only with the cruel, in keeping with
>our Sages' teaching that one who
is merciful to the cruel will end
>up being cruel to the
merciful. This is the highest moral stand
>that can be
taken. The proof that this behavior is not 'corrupting
>of our
culture' is the fact that despite the long conflict, the IDF
>has
remained the most moral army in the world."
The lead story
in the " Anglo File " section of Ha'aretz begins:
<< British
rabbis living in Israel seem largely supportive of UK
Chief Rabbi Jonathan
Sacks whose criticism of the West Bank
occupation has triggered raging
controversy in Britain this week. >>
The full article can be read
at:
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=203084&contras
sID=2&subContrassID=16&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Maurice
A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie
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