RABBINIC COUNCIL IN ISRAEL SAYS BOMBED CHILDREN IN LEBANON NOT INNOCENT
Rev. Ted Pike:
::: Yesha Rabbinical Council is the recognized authority on Jewish religious questions in Gaza and the West Bank. This week it decreed that at least 56 Lebanese citizens of Kfar Qanna, including at least 34 children, targeted by an Israeli air strike, were not “innocent.”
“The Yesha Rabbinical Counsel announced in response to an IDF attack in Kfar Qanna that ‘according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such thing as ‘innocence’ among the enemy.’” 1
The council’s edict reflects existing Israeli military/religious law. The chaplain for the IDF forces says,
“In war, when our forces storm the enemies, they are allowed and even enjoined by the Halakah to kill even good civilians, that is, civilians that are ostensibly good.” 2 />>> read more/
