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| Subject: Chief Rabbi: Israeli troops showing mercy to enemy will be 'damned' Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:09 am | |
| Chief Rabbi: Israeli troops showing mercy to enemy will be 'damned'The Israel Defense Forces' chief rabbi told students in a pre-army yeshiva program recently that soldiers who "show mercy" toward the enemy in wartime will be "damned", Haaretz, reported. Brig. Gen. Avichai Rontzki also told the students that religious people make better combat troops. Speaking at a West Bank settlement, Rontzki referred to Maimonides' discourse on the laws of war, quoting a passage from the Book of Jeremiah stating: "Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood." "In times of war, whoever doesn't fight with all his heart and soul is damned - if he keeps his sword from bloodshed, if he shows mercy toward his enemy when no mercy should be shown," said Rontzki. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY | |
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