A Chabad rabbi has called to strike back at soldiers in the same way they act against settlers, predicting a civil war among Israel’s Jews.
Rabbi to Settlers: Shoot Back at Troops
A Chabad rabbi has called to strike back at soldiers in the same way they act against settlers, predicting a civil war among Israel’s Jews.
“The army has decided to fight against the Jewish settlers of the Land of Israel,” Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, head of the Eretz Yisrael Shelanu movement, told Israel Radio’s religious Reshet Moreshet station last week. “So when Jews or Arabs come the way they did at Gilad Farm to destroy homes, and they shoot rubber bullets, they should have rubber bullets shot back at them. And if they come to beat people, they should be beaten back,” he said.
“I hate saying this, but it looks like it’s unfortunately approaching a state of war between Jews,” the rabbi told the radio station. Wolpe, who is not considered part of the mainstream settler leadership, also compared Defense Minister Ehud Barak to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
“There are currently two leaders who shoot at citizens – Barak and Gaddafi,” he said. “Neither will get away with it.”
kol hakovod li tzhal
shame on him how dare he tell jews to hit jews two wrongs dont make a right,plus i whouldnt be suprised if the settelers instigated the situation by using force ageints others,u think the goverment is wrong then take them to court, but dont u dare lay a finger upon a soilder who puts his life on the line for his country 24/7.now using rubber bullets is the last messure nobody is going to use it unless it is needed under the most drastic times.this is a rabbi who needs to learn to guard his tounge for people will missunderstand his words and will acctualy cause harm to those protecting our nation without any previous instigation
Common sense
I like this guy he is saying the bitter truth that no one is talking about. You can’t just let the “Jewish government” attack Jews shoot at Jews and keep quit. If the Israeli police would have used such force against Arabs you would not hear the end of it. What rav volpe is saying is that don’t come and shoot at Jews and expect that the Jews should not fight back in self defense so whatever the police (Arabs/leftys) use against the settlers the settlers should fight back there are not just a sitting target.
Thanks rav volpe you exposed the hate of the left and the government towards Jews and settlers and how they appease the Arabs non stop while when it comes to Jews it is undesribable.
Milhouse
Why is this even controversial? Of course people who are attacked must defend themselves. And if you see a fellow Jew under attack you MUST defend him. How else could it be? How can anyone even imagine anything else?
CN
There’s nothing disturbing about his statement. He’s advocating self-defense. What’s truly disturbing is the thought that Jews would once again come to destroy other Jews’ homes in the Land of Israel.
Rubber Bullets
For those who don’t understand Hebrew, he is saying to shoot back RUBBER BULLETS. The title of this article is misleading, and a bad attempt at sensationalistic journalism.
ys
The ONLY “disturbing” thing here – is that Rabbi Volpo is being painted in a lousy and disdainful light because he chose to go against the politically correct mishumodim – who, want to appease and pacify all the goyim and yiddishe goyim who come out against Eretz Yisroel and Am Yisroel!
He is also ridiculed because he is a moshiachist.
….ASHER CHERFU IKVOS MISHICHECHO!!!
We are seeing and will continue to see how Hashem will pour out his wrath upon ALL THOSE who are his enemies, (INCLUDING) the enemies of his people, and may they all be completely destroyed immediately!
YAISH DIN V’YAISH DAYIN!!!
OUR COUNTRY!
This is about Jews defending themselves as a Jew with a right to live in their country – just imagine if US soldiers came to yuor home in Crown Heights or where ever you live and said you must leave this part of America and move to a different part of America or we’ll be gone with you. An American citizen has a right to live anywhere in America – just as well, an Israeli citizen should have the right to live anywhere in Israel, and if it means civil war so be it.
HASHEM YIRACHEIM! KUDOS TO RABBI WOLPE!
FOLLOW THE LAW OR ELSE
Israel is a democracy the gov established laws. The army enfoces laws that the people of Israel decided on.
The settlers are a small minority of Israel. If the settlers do not obey the laws of the majority they are in the wrong and should be arrested.
If they pose a threat to the army then they deserve what they get.
In a civilized nation majority rules.
Boruch Sholom
To number 4
In a civilized nation there is a constitution which guides as the shulchan Aruch of the government that the Government MUST abide by. Otherwise your thought process validates Hitler. After all he was democratically elected. Following your logic, because it was the law of Germany that Jews must end up in the ovens, the Jews should have patriotically crawled into them, right?
I think I’ll agree with Wolpo on this one (though there is plenty that we disagree on…)
Boruch Sholom
In my just submitted comment I meant to write to FOLLOW THE LAW OR ELSE: (and not to 4, because it was just moved down to number 8)
KAHANE CHAI!
#8
go to hell! they follow the law of god! they posed no threat in the raid that just happened! did you watch the videos? did you read the news? if even MP’s from Kadima are condemning it, it tells you something!
Peace with strength
The nazi’s also evacuated people from their homes. Does that make it right because majority of the Germans voted them in ??!!! The Rebbe MHM is against giving back land, whether # 8 is agrees or not !!!
Yehuda
#8
The Nazis also had laws & the soldiers said that they were following orders. If a crazy government makes laws that are self-destructive, insane & against Torah in a Jewish state people definitely have a right to defend themselves.
why
godwins law…..
oiss vorff
he is right BUT , not as a chabad rabbi . his theroy is right . habo leharug . hashcame veh`leharog , but chabad does not need this mivtza on there list
kfir97
we should all remember before 1948 before the state was founded menachem begin refused to use force against ben gurions goons who were actually killing his men as jews dont use force against others and if begin who did more for the jewish people and israel by actually fighting then volpe who just writes books and organizes protests should probably keep his opinion to himself and if he doesnt like it he could move to 770 and give his advice to the other loonies who live there
Milhouse
#14, What about Godwin’s “law”? You seem to have little understanding of it.
#16, And look what Begin ended up doing. He’s hardly a proof of Jewish ethics!
lloyd a cohen
There is one way to end this: The government of israel must state that in 1967, the armed forces of the soverign state of Israel liberated the country and its etwernal capital from control of foreign forces. Israel is the homeland and the national state of the Jewish peoplety of David is its eternal capital and home. G-d gave both the land and the city to the jewish people because as the creator of the world it was and is and will be his peragative to do such. If the Arabs, obama,the E.U. Clinton and the Tower of Babel(aka the United Nations) has any problem with this, they should take it up with G-d himself.
Are you Jewish? Or Politicaly Correct?
For all those critical of Horav Volpe I ask:
Are you Jewish?
Anyone who criticizes Horav Volpe may as well criticize the entire Torah and all Mamamrey Chazal which state:
HABA LEHORGOCH HASHKEM VEHARGEHU
The above is what Torah says and anyone who does not feel it’s politically correct must ask himself if he is indeed Jewish or not.
Is not a Chabad Issue and it not a Meshichist issue.
It’s an issue of Are you Jewish?
The Torah which says Haba Lehargach Hashkem Vehargehu does not make any exceptions if the Haba Lehargach is a Jew or not or if he is a member of the IDF or not.
This means that Torah explicitly, not only PERMITS, but ORDERS you, to use deadly force, to defend the life of a Yid, even if his potential killer is a Yid and even if the attacker is a member of the IDF.
The above is what Horav Volpe said and it is what Torah says.
Mavhildik
And where are the other rabbis, gedoilei Yisroel, in Israel? Why aren’t they crying out and demanding justice?
This is not a Chabad issue! This is an issue that affects and involves every oihevh Yisroel and eretz Yisroel.
Somehow I don’t think theRebbe would have come out with the wording that Wolpe uses, but in principal, the attack on fellow Jews instigated by politicians is outrageuous to say the least , and puts the government on par with Libya and its leadership.
Kol haKavod Rabbi Volpa!!!
He is 100% right, one of the only lubavitchers today that still genuinely cares about Shleimos Haaretz!
Kol haKavod Rabbi Volpa!!!
Shluchim, lubavitchers, stand up for Shelimus Haaretz!
NoYechi770Jerusalem
Volpo is a farbrenter mishichist,however on this inyan he is 100 % correct.
We need more voices like this to insure sheleimus haaretz!!!
wes banker
if the soldiers are jews then reacting with rubber bullits is questionable. if the army is using goyim which they do then …..?
From Yeshiva World -Second thoughts?
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, chairman of the SOS Israel and Our Land of Israel movements, is taking back his call to fire rubber bullets at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and beat them up in response to similar actions on their part during the evacuation of Jewish communities in the West Bank.
Following the row sparked by his remarks, Wolpo said Tuesday evening, “God forbid should anyone fire at IDF soldiers, who engage in holy work serving the people of Israel and the Land of Israel… The comments were made as a result of a storm of emotions.”
army braking law
lets not forget that it is the army that is braking the law.
they do not identify themselves cover their faces and where no name tags, use unnecessary force, like shooting people for holding a video camera (as clearly seen in the Video).
and according to Israeli and US law, if the police don’t identify themselves, they are to be seen as regular thieves, and every citizen has the right to defend himself, and the obligation to protect his family!
anti zionist says!
Zionism is dead! The Israeli soldiers aren’t brave enough to fight terrorists so they fight Jews,