West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel, including babies

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10:18 09/11/2009
West Bank rabbi: Jews can kill Gentiles who threaten Israel

By Haaretz Service
Tags: West Bank rabbi

Just weeks after the arrest of alleged Jewish terrorist, Yaakov
Teitel, a West Bank rabbi on Monday released a book giving Jews
permission to kill Gentiles who threaten Israel.

Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the
Yitzhar settlement, wrote in his book "The King's Torah" that even
babies and children can be killed if they pose a threat to the nation.

Shapiro based the majority of his teachings on passages quoted from
the Bible, to which he adds his opinions and beliefs.

"It is permissable to kill the Righteous among Nations even if they
are not responsible for the threatening situation," he wrote, adding:
"If we kill a Gentile who has sinned or has violated one of the seven
commandments - because we care about the commandments - there is
nothing wrong with the murder."

Several prominent rabbis, including Rabbi Yithak Ginzburg and Rabbi
Yaakov Yosef, have recommended the book to their students and
followers.