Religieuze Joden in Israel zijn verdeeld over de geruchtmakende "rabbijnenbrief", die stelde op basis van het Heilige Schrift dat Joden geen grond of woningen in het Heilige Land aan niet-Joden mogen verkopen. Oude religieuze boeken zijn vaak voor velerlei uitleg vatbaar, dus laten we hopen dat een moderne, milde uitleg de overhand krijgt. Een vreemd compromisvoorstel is om tussen loyale en niet loyale Arabieren (en Joden) onderscheid te maken. Mijn favoriete onderscheid zou zijn tussen sociale en a-sociale mensen, van welke soort ook. Als intolerante mensen geen huizen meer kunnen krijgen, is dat voor de hele buurt een stuk prettiger wonen.
Maar wie weet is het een onderhandelingsstrategie om de Palestijnen zover te krijgen hun verbod af te schaffen op het verkopen van grond aan Joden (of was het Israeli's?), waar zelfs formeel de doodstraf op staat. Het is wel een duidelijk voorbeeld dat het Israelisch-Palestijnse conflict om religie en ook om land draait...
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Rabbis behind anti-Arab manifesto seek compromise with Netanyahu, Haaretz learns
Rabbi Drukman seeks compromise on rabbinic ban against leasing to Arabs.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/rabbis-behind-anti-arab-manifesto-seek-compromise-with-netanyahu-haaretz-learns-1.330459
By Yair Ettinger, Chaim Levinson and Ilan Lior
Rabbi Chaim Drukman, a moderate religious Zionist leader, is working to achieve a compromise on the controversy surrounding the banning of Jews from selling or leasing property to Arabs, as proclaimed by 50 prominent rabbis last week.
Drukman is proposing an alternative that would distinguish between "loyal Arabs" and "Israel-hating rabbis."
Drukman is proposing an alternative that would distinguish between "loyal Arabs" and "Israel-hating rabbis."
Drukman says a "loyal Arab" must have equal rights, but "Israel-haters" should be ostracized. He opposed the sweeping ruling of the 50 rabbis. Names of potential signatories to Drukman's letter are expected to be released later this week.
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, head of the Har Etzion Yeshiva and another moderate religious Zionist leader, also came out against the letter.
In an article published in his yeshiva's internal newsletter, Lichtenstein tries to undermine the halakhic argument of the original letter, and wonders why the authors could not anticipate the outrage it provoked. He notes the criticism of the ultra-Orthodox rabbis in the wake of the letter and "attacks from left and right on the religious-nationalist rabbis."
"Particular grief was caused to the community of those loyal to the Torah and fearful about the stature and character of the state, and to the peacefulness of the spiritual leaders laboring to make the Torah loved, to stay loyal to the halakha, and aspiring to build the state on the foundation of tradition," he says.
"There is no doubt the arguments in the letter are based on sources from the sages of blessed memory, and generations of halakhic tradition, but the document in general leaves one with the impression that it builds its conclusions on assumptions that reflect a particular, but not the only possible, halakhic approach."
Lichtenstein highlights the commandment prohibiting housing to non-Jews or idol-worshipers in the Holy Land. He lists four examples of misinterpretation in the letter, and of the authors ignoring other opinions in the Gemara and halakha. He says the ruling that anyone selling an apartment to a Gentile must be ostracized "is completely false."
"We should state the obvious: In the balance are key questions .... The readiness and ability to consider extensive factors linked to halakhic content and their connection to historic and social reality necessitate a wider discussion."
Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv city council has unilaterally endorsed a motion by Meretz's Ahmed Mashharawi to denounce the rabbis' letter. "I'm proud to be the resident of a mixed, pluralist city that has a place for all religions and nationalities," Mashharawi said.
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, head of the Har Etzion Yeshiva and another moderate religious Zionist leader, also came out against the letter.
In an article published in his yeshiva's internal newsletter, Lichtenstein tries to undermine the halakhic argument of the original letter, and wonders why the authors could not anticipate the outrage it provoked. He notes the criticism of the ultra-Orthodox rabbis in the wake of the letter and "attacks from left and right on the religious-nationalist rabbis."
"Particular grief was caused to the community of those loyal to the Torah and fearful about the stature and character of the state, and to the peacefulness of the spiritual leaders laboring to make the Torah loved, to stay loyal to the halakha, and aspiring to build the state on the foundation of tradition," he says.
"There is no doubt the arguments in the letter are based on sources from the sages of blessed memory, and generations of halakhic tradition, but the document in general leaves one with the impression that it builds its conclusions on assumptions that reflect a particular, but not the only possible, halakhic approach."
Lichtenstein highlights the commandment prohibiting housing to non-Jews or idol-worshipers in the Holy Land. He lists four examples of misinterpretation in the letter, and of the authors ignoring other opinions in the Gemara and halakha. He says the ruling that anyone selling an apartment to a Gentile must be ostracized "is completely false."
"We should state the obvious: In the balance are key questions .... The readiness and ability to consider extensive factors linked to halakhic content and their connection to historic and social reality necessitate a wider discussion."
Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv city council has unilaterally endorsed a motion by Meretz's Ahmed Mashharawi to denounce the rabbis' letter. "I'm proud to be the resident of a mixed, pluralist city that has a place for all religions and nationalities," Mashharawi said.
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