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."
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