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07/05/2004:
"Rabbis Decry Remarks on Jewish Extremism"
Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) -- Rabbis representing Jewish settlers accused Israel's internal security chief Monday of ``incitement'' after he warned that opponents of the planned dismantling of settlements are growing increasingly militant.
...The Council of Yesha Rabbis, an umbrella group representing rabbis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, complained that Dichter's remarks, in a closed-door Cabinet meeting, amounted to ``incitement'' and an ``instigation to war.''
``This is an attempt to slander the rabbis,'' said Rabbi Yishai Babad, the secretary of the Yesha rabbis' council.
...Last week, an eminent rabbi in Jerusalem said that anyone who removes Jewish settlements would be subject to the death penalty under biblical Jewish law, although he said the death sentence isn't possible in modern times.
Last month, settler leader Uri Elitzur, who was a top aide of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said violent resistance to settlement evacuations is legitimate.
...Israel's Channel 10 TV on Sunday showed a group of some 20 settlers at a Gaza Strip synagogue, listening to the guidance given by the Kach activists on protesting an evacuation.
``You think you're right, go for it. ... Anything goes,'' said Itamar Ben-Gvir, a prominent Kach activist.full article
Slander and incitement. Who is inciting who? The guy was making a simple observation. Netanyahu will be the next Israeli PM. If you think Sharon is bad...
