Statement sparks criminal complaint: Rabbi Axelrod at center of controversy
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Chabad rabbi endorses killing Jewish politicians cooperating with Arab parties
Former security chiefs urged police to investigate incitement to murder after a rabbi invoked a doctrine used to justify Rabin's assassination against Jewish leaders who cooperated with Arab parties
Statement sparks criminal complaint: Rabbi Axelrod at center of controversy
The Center for Victims of Racism urged police, the AG and prosecutors to probe Rabbi Gedalia Axelrod’s "din rodef" ruling on party leaders backing a government with Arab members, alleging incitement to violence and racism and solicitation of murder.
In Israel, a far-right rabbi issued a fatwa calling for the assassination of Jewish politicians who cooperate with Arab parties. According to Haaretz, an investigation has been requested into the rabbi, a former head of the Jewish religious court in Haifa, on charges of incitement to murder.
The Center for Victims of Racism, founded by the Reform Center for Religion and State, has filed an urgent complaint with the police, the Attorney General's Office, and the State Attorney's Office against Rabbi Gedaliah Axelrod, rabbi of the Chabad community in Haifa and former head of the city's rabbinical court. The center is demanding that a criminal investigation be opened against him on suspicion of incitement to violence, solicitation of m…
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