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Did you ever hear of the expression -“fan the flames of hate?” you bet I have heard the phrase over and over again, but with rather different protagonists to the ones you have in mind Health.
Pogroms and the Shoah have taught us to lift our heads up and not fear fanning the hate of our enemies, but learn to stand up for ourselves, thats what hesder yeshiva boys do, they learn to daven and to fight, following in the footsteps of the Torah. I can understand different great rabbonim have different opinions (and political ideologies too but that is always kept quiet), however why do people quote sefarim written in relatively recent times, without going back to the Chumash itself and see how Joshua reclaimed the land, how David fought for his people etc. We can all quote the rabbonim we specifically follow but why do people place rabbinical political ideology before Torah? There are differences between what is d’raita and what is d’rabbanan for a reason.
The in fighting in charedi communities is awesome, every bit as troubled as disputes between orthodox and reform, and truly tragic, with great rabbis assigned body guards to protect them from the followers of those they dare to disagree with.