Former chief Rabbi to Bush: Don't act against God's will
Pastor Dale Morgan
Former chief Rabbi to Bush: Don't act against God's will*
In a letter handed to US president, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu warns him
not to take action that would harm Jewish people. 'The Jewish nation
forever remembers those that inflict harm upon it'
In a letter handed to US President George Bush Thursday, former
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu admonished the US president to
avoid any course of action that would harm the Jewish nation.
"The Jewish nation is eternal, and forever remembers those that have
aided it throughout history, as well as those that have done it harm.
Please let your name go down in history as a president who aided the
Jewish nation, who worked alongside God and not against him," wrote the
rabbi.
The Rabbi furthermore urged Bush in his letter to utilize his visit to
strengthen and bolster the State of Israel.
"You were granted the privilege of serving as US president. Make the
best of the duties given you, and we will fulfill our task of
remembering you as good and noble throughout the ages," said the Rabbi.
Rabbi Eliyahu began his letter with greetings for President Bush and
praise for his efforts to bring peace to the region. With that, he then
told the American president that "his agenda for peace goes against the
will of God".
Granting the site of the Holy Temple to murderers of women and children
who blaspheme God, wrote Rabbi Eliyahu, is an act against the Jewish
people as well as God.
"Ever since the Jews of Gush Katif were expelled from their homes,
Sdeort was bombarded with hundreds of Qassam rockets by Hamas as well as
other Palestinian organizations….Hundreds of thousands of additional
people will live in similar danger if we were to abide by your peace
plan, and then where would we end up?" asked the Rabbi.
'God promised land of Israel to Jewish people alone'
The Rabbi stressed that "he prays for peace, as does any individual who
believes in God," but that "anyone who accepts the bible as the word of
God must keep in mind that God had promised the land of Israel to the
Jewish people alone. The Ishmaelites have no part of this divine guarantee."
Noting that God's promise to return the Jewish people to their homeland
has been coming to full fruition during the last century, the rabbi then
urged President Bush to act as a vessel carrying out the divine plan.
"God's pledge to the Jewish people is carried out through people who
were created in God's image, and it their duty to carry out the divine
will."
In addition to Rabbi Eliyahu's letter, various rabbis and right-wing
activists composed an additional letter to President Bush, urging him to
free Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, to support "Jewish settlement in
Israel entire", and to encourage Israeli Jews to make aliyah to Israel
en masse.
Written on parchment much like a Torah scroll, the aforementioned letter
will be handed to the US president by a "very prominent figure" who is
scheduled to meet him. Rabbi Adin Steinzaltz, Sanhedrin President, wrote
the letter, which was then translated by Rabbi Chaim Richman.
The letter was signed by members of the News Jewish Congress, the
Sanhedrin, and the Temple Mount Faithful Movement, the "loyal
representatives of the Jewish nation in God's name".