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Tzfas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita addresses the planned demolition of Beit Knesset Ayelet HaShachar in Givat Ze’ev, calling on Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to retract his statements, which he refers to as a “Chilul Hashem”.

Rav Eliyahu was referring to Ya’alon accusing a few mispallalim from the shul of acting like “thugs” and their resistance to the planned demolition of the shul stems from monetary concerns, nothing more.

The rav spoke after returning from the shul, lamenting the fact the nation’s Supreme Court orders the destruction of a shul yet it prevents the destruction of the illegal Arab homes. He speaks of the justices “Who dare to lift a hand against a House of Hashem did not dare to do the same regarding 60,000 illegal Arab homes but will raze the shul. This is a most serious matter”.

The rabbi adds the defense minister refers to the shul as some sort of a temporary building, stating “I don’t know where he gets his information from”, explaining the building slated to be demolished is a beautiful permanent structure with hundreds of seats.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)