The head of Tzohar Rabbonim Rabbi David Stav is pointing an accusing finger at Arab religious leaders. He suggests they take a good look at the response from Jewish leaders to murder in recent days.
The rav joins many other rabbonim in condemning the murder by Jews of a 16-year-old Shuafat youth. “There is not a rabbi in Israel who is not calling for a harsh sentence for those responsible for the murder of the Arab youth. How many similar condemnatory statements were heard of late from Islamic religious leaders” he stated.
The rav explains Tzohar Rabbonim accuse Arab religious leaders during these difficult days of failing to condemn the murders of the kedoshim HY”D.
“It appears everything was said to condemn the loathsome prohibited heinous revenge that led to murder and therefore, in an act that is so non-Jewish or humane, an act that embarrasses us worldwide, it is worth noticing the difference between what is happening in the Israeli society and among our enemies”.
Rabbi Stav points out every rabbis is calling for the full weight of the law against the murderers of Muhmad Abu-Khenin, questioning how many similar calls were heard from Muslim clerics regarding the murders of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach.
The Tzohar Rabbinical Council released the following statement to the media: “we express shock and disgust over the possibility that a Jew could have murdered the Arab boy. Such an act is contrary to the prohibition against murder, which was given to us at Har Sinai and carried down in Jewish Halacha over the generations and a fundamental of human morality. The act leads to a blasphemous Chilul Hashem and of Toras Yisrael throughout the world. Our justified demand to bring the murderers of the three youths to justice for their actions does not in any way justify this vile act and we demand the government bring these criminals to justice as quickly as possible”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The stark difference is NOT noted by the world at large – personally they hate the conscious of morality that the Jews espouse.
Because murder of the kofer is a mitzvah in Islam. Just like no Rabbi would condemn shmiras Shabbos, so too no Muslim would condem the murder of al-Kufer, and more so al-Yahud.
For some reason, “rabbi” stav’s opinion doesn’t mean too much too me. It may have something to do with his psak that allows bachurim to go to the movies as long as they don’t watch the dirty parts. Just so no one questions me on this, there’s an article from haaretz to back me up. http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.531365?v=E564E99B8F76A9A4329FE037698A7F6F
Just saying.
possibly one of the most inane questions to be asked.
The arab religious leaders are delighted with murders,and encourage them.
Do some people need to be self righteous to feel important?
Seriously? What’s his point?!
Their religious leaders encourage this!
You know what they say, ” the fish stinks from the head down.” As Rav Stav knows all to well and the point he is making is that it’s their so-called “religious leaders” that fan the fuel of their evil.
His Psak is wrong , and it’s a little haughty to say everyone agrees with it. When we see on ywn others who disagree .
what is so hard to understand?
they constantly call for a jihad
additionally if they condemned anything they would have their lives to pay for
then or more religious leaders list.. They’re all dead
Their religious leaders call for jihad.
right on yaakov doe—duh heckie; Stav you missed the boat their religious leaders are the biggest promoters of murder out there
#3: The gedolim say don’t read Haaretz. You’re linking to Haaretz. Now, whose psak are you following?
Rebbe yid: fair point but I didn’t get the info from there, it was just the first article that had the info I was trying to convey. My point was, just because someone is called rabbi by a frum website, it doesn’t mean he represents Daas Torah.