Prenosimo JTA By Anat Hoffman · August 27, 2012

Israel must punish rabbis who preach hatred

Izrael treba kazniti rabine koji propovijedaju mržnju

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin apologized to Jamal Julany, one of the victims of a racist attack in Zion Square, during his visit to the 17-year-old.

Glasnogovornik Kneseta Reuven Rivlin se ispričao, prilikom posjete 17-godišnjem  Jamalu Jzulany-u , jednom od žrtava rasističkog napada na Zion Square.

Rivlin, lider Likud partije je rekao " Nama je žao  i teško nam ja vidjeti Vas u bolnici zbog neoprostivog akta. Ono što se dogodilo je odgovornost svakog lidera i člana Knesseta..

Židovski mjesec Elul poziva nas da procijenimo naše djelovanje kako bi našli način da ne napravimo iste greške slijedeće godine. Poštena prosudba će pokazati da  napad,  koji nije bio isprovociran,  od strane desetak izraelskih tinejđera na  tri arapska mladića,  je zapravo dio  mnogo šireg fenomena . To je rezultat duge tolerancije izraelske vlade prema židovskim religijskim ekstremistima i njihovim manifestacijama,  te prihvaćanje rasističkih provokacija prema izraelskoj arapskoj manjini od strane nekih članova Knesseta i ekstremnih ortodoksnih rabina.

Svaka religija ima svoje ekstremiste, judaizam se ne razlikuje. Primjer takove kulture je Shmuel Eliyahu, glavni rabin Safeda koji je  ponavljao  da su 1,2 milijuna  Arapskih građana Izraela "neprijatelji" i tražio od Židova da im ne izdaju ili prodaju stanove. On također tvrdi da su svi Arapi  nasilne prirode. U svojem manifestu (2008) je pisao: "Došlo je vrijeme da se  kaže istina. Osiguravanje  životnih uvjeta za naše neprijatelje dovodi do teških posljedica"..

Shmuel Eliyahu nije sam. Ima oko 50 izraelskih rabina koji su u državnoj službi, koji  su,  kao i  Eliyahu, otvoreno angažirani u rasističkoj retorici prema ne-Židovima. Dok Izraelski zakoni jasno kažu da je rasistički eksces  kriminal, nije bilo disciplinskih mjera ili ozbiljnih policijskih istraga.

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When leading public figures dehumanize others, the descent from hateful speech to violent acts is often swift and severe. These rabbis did not physically attack the three Arab teens still recovering in the hospital, but their words and teachings were a major catalyst and a spiritual motivation for their impressionable young followers to take the next step and actually commit a violent act.

There is a direct connection between the immunity given to rabbis and the ease with which a group of teenagers beat up a 17-year-old Arab boy to "teach him a lesson" about eyeing Jewish girls in Zion Square. If the government of Israel is truly appalled by the attack in Zion Square, here is a suggestion: As the state has the power to fire civil servants who are racists, why not use this power immediately?

The Israel Religious Action Center is monitoring racist statements by rabbis and pursuing legal and public action against them. Our recent report, "Love the Stranger as Yourself? Racism in the Name of Halacha," details this disturbing trend.

Racist incitement recently has taken on a new focus: Jewish women and their purity.

Misogyny and racism meet again, this time disguised as Judaism. The Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism is working to answer the questions that these recent events pose: What is our Jewish obligation to the non-Jewish minority in Israel? How do we respond to the objectification of women in service of racism?

Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora must offer answers to these burning questions. Jews everywhere have the responsibility to respond to raciststatements by Jewish extremists. It is our duty as Jews to remind others and ourselves that the Torah commands us to love the stranger 36 times more than any other commandment.......