You may recall how recently an array of high ranking Israeli officials in the Netanyahu government, including National Security Council head Ya’akov Amidror and Interior Minister Eli Yishai, briefed ultra-Orthodox rabbi and Shas leader Ovadia Yosef on the proposed war with Iran in the hopes of receiving his blessing. Both the war (which Netanyahu reportedly wants before the U.S. presidential election) and the need to get nod from a religious leader were criticized, including by some of us who noted the extreme views of Yosef. Now, Yosef has called upon Jews to pray for the death of Iranians and the destruction of the nation of Iran. Now we have spiritual leaders is both countries calling on God to annihilate whole countries as examples of divine and moral justice.
Yosef told his followers that good Jews should pray for destruction of the enemies of Israel, particularly Iran and Hezbollah. The lesson in morality came with his weekly sermon and specified that the prayers should arrange for the annihilation of the Iranian during Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year). Apparently just to be clear in the prayers to avoid the annihiation of similarly sounding countries, Yoseh stressed “When we say ‘may our enemies be struck down’ on Rosh Hashana, it shall be directed at Iran, the evil ones who threaten Israel. God shall strike them down and kill them.”
With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also calling on God to destroy Israel, we have perfect agreement on one point from both sides: God is being who can be called upon to kill millions in the name of faith. These guys both sound and look remarkably alike.
As noted in the earlier blog, Yosef has long espoused extreme and hateful views, including likening Palestinians to snakes and calling for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to “perish from this world” and describing non-Jews as “born only to serve us”. This is the person that the Israeli government wants to bless the upcoming war . Of course, as noted earlier, the scheduling of a new war against Iran before the U.S. election would be a transparent effort to use the American politics to guarantee support for the war on the assumption that neither candidate would want to risk alienating the Jewish vote and campaign donors. At a minimum, Israel would expect that the U.S. would help pay for the war — if not immediately than in a later mix of loans and military assistance. We could then ultimately find ourselves in a third war, particularly if Iran strikes U.S. assets in response to an Israeli attack. Of course we will have the comfort of knowing that Ovadia Yosef says it is all perfectly moral.
Source: Haaretz
“I’m a Christian and I hate”
ROFL, again
Justagirl,
It’s the number of links in your comment, 3 or more gets it sent to purgatory. Just re-post them separately.
mespo, mespo …
Jefferson, in looking to protect the United States’s access to the Port of New Orleans and Mississippi River, managed to obtain 828,000 square miles of territory effectively doubling the size of the country without firing a shot.
It may have been unconstitutional as hell at the time, but not one individual died on either side. Seems to me we could do with some of his wily intelligence now.
(You have permission to ignore me because I am, indeed, just being contrary. 😉 )
mespo,
We started a war with Iraq because that country supposedly had weapons of mass destruction. That didn’t turn out too well for us, did it? We went to war in Vietnam in order to halt the “domino effect” in Asia. How many Americans gave up their lives in that fiasco? Suicide? I don’t know about that. I’d say we’re slowly destroying our country because of our perpetual involvement in wars.
“Israel should always wait to get attacked.”
Yup. As should Iran, and the US, and every other country on earth.
YEP…. it really is that simple….
YOU would think we would learn, after 2 wars that we are unable to get out of quickly….
Did I get myself in trouble????
I have a comment that has a yellow banner on it that states….
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Is this a glitch????
or… did I overstep, and now being moderated???
Mespo…
The Bush Doctrine was NOT a good idea then… and is NOT a good idea NOW…..
the USA is in 2 wars now…… YOU think a third is a GOOD idea????
Preemptive strikes are just bad foreign policy….
Military should be LAST resort….
and with the lack of anybody wanting to fund these wars….. and EVERY politician refusing to raise taxes to pay for these wars…. and the fact that the ONLY people these wars are helping are the MILITARY CONTRACTORS and their shareholder….
oh, and the mercenaries making $100,000 a year when our Military man are on food stamps….
“Israel should always wait to get attacked.”
Yup. As should Iran, and the US, and every other country on earth.
peace can not possibly happen until the Jewish Settlements are removed and Palestine has it’s OWN country and can move about their country freely…..
ONCE this happens…. then maybe it will create a better more understanding in that region….
the Muslims are upset, because we have backed Israel 100% of the time.. including weapons….
If the Israel would make peace with Palestine and stop this occupation…
this would NOT only defuse the hate coming from the Muslims towards the USA…. it would lend the USA some credibility… and maybe then the USA could get some real peace talks going….. maybe there could be hope for that region,….. as it stands NOW…. it is a mess….
Netanyahu, in my opinion is dangerous….
Yosef…. by calling for the death and destruction of another country, he is perverting the Holy book for power…. NOT for the grace of god…
This is SICKENING….
The USA NEEDS to cut Israel off until they are willing to really make peace…. NO help… NO MONEY….. NO WEAPONS!!!!
NOTHING for them…..
Many of you know (and have capability criticized) my policy of Realpolitik when it comes to international relations. While this man is obviously without any credential to opine of the advisability of striking Iran either strategically or morally, he does raise an important question. Should the US, either directly or indirectly, support an attack on Iran to pre-empt it from joining the Nuclear Club? I think allowing Iran any nuclear capability is suicide, but I’m interested if anyone would have a better solution than having our surrogates handle the matter as opposed to a few well-placed cruise missile strikes launched from offshore by US vessels?
Yeah, right, Jonathan: they look and sound alike? The World would have been soooo much better had the Nazis won WWII, wouldn’t it? Israel should always wait to get attacked. You much prefer to say that when Israeli blood, bones, and tissue are splattered all over the streets, “too bad.” That is the Good Way, isn’t it Jonathan? Israel shouldn’t defend itself against those who want to destroy it, right?
Perhaps YOU would feel better if the Nazis or their blood brothers in Iran would kill all the Jews and everybody else that doesn’t fit with the Nazi-Islamic ideology? But for those of us in the civilized world, and who want to keep it that way, we know that you can’t let the barbarians get too close to our gates.
The rabbi is in a rut of rusty rhetoric borne of neoCon propaganda:
(…A Celebrity World of Illusion). The religious neoCons are as sicko as the secular neoCons when it comes to blood lust.
Poor Amy. Which world do you live in ?
Where did you get that assumption that an israely hospital would treat a Palestinian before an israeli ????? They bomb the guts out of them and deny ambulances to rescue the dead and wounded. Wake up Amy read the REAL news.
mespo727272
1, August 27, 2012 at 8:18 am
Tell me again why we hold up religious leaders as experts on matters of politics and international relations.
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And tell me why we consider such leaders as holy men/people of God when they spread hatred and call for the death of innocent people?
http://youtu.be/QyLEumBKuR0
http://youtu.be/61Ftljfny2g
Have fun…. Make sure you wear your Yarmulca when you enter Tehran… so they know who you are… and twirl your sideburns…. I’ll be here thinking about you when they re-circumsize you at the root…..
Sure, but make it quick will you. The world is BORED with it.
Please make sure no-one is left standing on either side, and that region is completely irradiated for centuries so no further looney Abrahamic religions can start up again.
If God listens to both sides, Israel and Iran, and gives them what they pray for then God will be granting them a nuclear war. God made borders between nations for a reason. The state that does not violate the border will not be punished. Unfortuneately the Iranians are using their pawns, Hezbolla and Hamas just as theiy did their “students” 30 years ago when they took over our Embassy. These pawns shoot missles from Gaza into Israel on a daily basis. So on a scale of things it looks like the Iranians might get some pay backs. They want a nuclear bomb. Them may get one.
Dog works in strange ways.
Amy
“Doctors in Israeli hospitals will put sick Palestinians before Israeli soldiers if their condition is more serious.”
You’ll have to correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that one of the basics of modern medical practices? I’m pretty sure that they teach triage techniques to non-Jewish doctors too.
People (all people) are able to be good or bad. The particulars of their religion has nothing to do with that.