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Leading Israeli Rabbi Calls For The Death of Iranians and Destruction of Iran

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

145 thoughts on “Leading Israeli Rabbi Calls For The Death of Iranians and Destruction of Iran”

  1. A former CIA station chief gives his views on Netanyahu’s Iran position. He claims the USA has called Netanyahu’s bluff. Shall we guess that he is well-informed? Some will say that he’s always working for the company. Be that as it may, the consequences that the USA must take into account when considering the consequences of a Israel strike or one of its own, are more than I had thought of.

    http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201282114445107676.html

  2. Mespo: “…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?”

    ********
    Is the label “our surrogates” still appropriate? Might the tail be wagging the dog in this matter? Is this about Iran or is this a premium negotiating position by the Israelis for something as yet not apparent?

    I’m still digesting this situation but I can’t see an attack on anybody in the Mideast being to anyone’s advantage (and would condemn it) and don’t believe that Iran is in any position to make their own nuclear weapons any time soon. Maybe buy a stray nuke from someone but their subterfuges were pretty well wrecked by Stuxnex, a US/Israeli joint venture. There is more going on here than first meets the eye possibly.

    1. PS… Thank you all for the input on where my Post that was thought to be moderated….

      The issue was 3 links in the post…. I removed 2 of them… and all was well again….

      🙂

  3. Wait to get attacked is good? Wrong. Many years ago, the US had a REAL president who took decisive action against terrorists. The only mistake that Reagan did was he permitted Gaddafi to survive.

  4. Gurl,

    Thank you for the thought.
    You seem to be enjoying, and are quite right in doing so.
    BettyKath had good advice to give you.

    Watching all these folks vent is also fun for me, and relaxing. Besides what does a 3 day visit in Israel in ’66 equip me to base opinions on.

    The threads of the conspiracies are like the stars, Uncountable.

    Thanks especially for what was news to me about the anti-Zion Jews. And for pointing out that Netanyahu does not speak for the worlds jewry. I don’t even accept the concept of jewry, especially worldwide.

  5. Blouise,

    I roll down to comment and greet you with warmth in my heart at seeing your name.

    I think we all agree that the Amerindians took a beating after the Louisiana Purchase.

  6. WWJD?
    Whenever religion gets mixed up in any country’s politics and governing, bad things happen. The radical extreme of any religion is no different, in many cases, to the Taliban extreme of Islam.
    Elaine,
    I agree with your response to Mespo that we do not need to go looking for more wars and battles to be fought.
    Mespo,
    If indeed Iran has a nuclear capability, which seems to be in doubt, why are they any different with the current administration in Israel, which does have a nuclear capability? As Prof. Turley stated above, religious leaders in both countries are calling for the murder and incineration of thousands and possibly millions. And the political leaders of both countries are in bed with those religious leaders. That is a deadly combination.

  7. Darren Smith
    1, August 27, 2012 at 11:54 am
    I wonder if God wonders if anybody is on his side for a change.

    if there was a god… I would bet, that is what she/ he would be wondering….. 🙂

  8. Frankly
    1, August 27, 2012 at 9:12 am
    Amy, I can pull that same sort of generosity out of the Koran & find the same sort of death threats in the Old Testament. Religious crackpots are religious crackpots no matter which hairy thunderer they think they hear speaking to them.

    Much of the current animosity coming from the Muslim world has more to do with political and economic conditions than the mandates of some invisible sky wizard. Its nice for you to believe “my side doesn’t do that” but it is delusional.

    ———————————————-

    Frankly….

    That was very well put…. too bad, many people only see, what they want to see…..

    It would benefit them to know the TRUTH about their own religions, before passing judgement on other religions that they know nothing about, other than the propaganda, they read on some fanatics website…….

  9. Hi Idealist….. Hope you are having a GREAT day…. 🙂

    “Here comes Nutinyahooo and shows me that he is willing to use the Prez campaign to strongarm us into WW3.”

    I know…. this is just CRAZY…..

    many world leaders do not have much respect for him….

    he is crazy… and dangerous…..

  11. at the risk of being misunderstood….

    I will quote a page I found, that pretty much conveys what I believe…

    http://rense.com/general54/thank.htm

    Henry Makow Ph.D.

    “Historically, the vast majority of Jews were opposed to Zionism and preferred to assimilate. However, since WW2, Zionists have usurped the leadership of the Jewish people.

    A large minority, including myself, remain opposed to Zionism. We believe it is a fraudulent movement that puts Jews in jeopardy by creating Antisemitism. We believe our undivided loyalty should be to our country of residence.

    Over the years, Jeff has been fearless in posting criticism by Jews like myself. He has made the distinction between Zionists and Jews and eschewed comments that could be construed as racist.

    Jews like myself are grateful to Jeff Rense for giving us a platform.
    –
    Henry Makow

  12. Gyges
    1, August 27, 2012 at 11:28 am
    Justagirl,

    It’s the number of links in your comment, 3 or more gets it sent to purgatory. Just re-post them separately.

    Ahhhh… I see….

    Thank you….

    Cheers,

    JAG

  14. 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.

    Ralph….

    are YOU not aware that many, if not MOST Jewish people in the world do not support the Zionist Movement….

    in fact there are many Jewish Groups that oppose Zionists….

    here are just a few….
    Jews against Zionism

    A list of websites opposed to Israel’s policies

    “Contrary to the propaganda put out by Israel’s supporters, Israel is NOT supported by the majority of the world’s Jewish people. Ariel Sharon does not speak for all Jewish people. And being anti-Israel is not “anti-Semitic””

    http://www.freewebs.com/jewsagainstzionism/

    here just google….

    jews against israeli occupation

    it is QUITE Eye opening…..

    here is a snippet from one site….

    NION, Not In Our Name . .
    Jewish voices opposing Zionism
    We came together to form the Not In Our Name (NION) network in Toronto, Ontario, during the summer of 2006, in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine against Israel’s wars and in opposition to the complicity of the Canadian government with Israel’s criminal actions.

    Who are we? Not In Our Name (NION): Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism. We are also affiliate members of Independent Jewish Voices (Canada).

  15. “. . . just as theiy did their ‘students’ 30 years ago when they took [back their government].”

    There, fixed it. .

  18. This is awful and barbaric (and very rare in Judaism).

    This guy is the leader of a party that is part of the ruling coalition. His party hold 10 of 120 seats in the Knesset and has four cabinet positions. This is not some unelected nut shouting from a soap box. This guy is in the mainstream of Israeli politics.

  19. “I’d say we’re slowly destroying our country because of our perpetual involvement in wars.” (Elaine)

    We’re certainly destroying the lives of our fellow countrymen/women.

  20. justagurl, I agree.

    Moderation is automatic and is probably due to more than two links. There are also a few words that will do it. The moderated post goes nowhere.

    My experience here is that if you stick to the topic and not personal attack, it’s only your ideas that will be challenged.

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