Hundreds in Jerusalem protest the arrest of senior rabbis

[calybe]

Two top rabbis briefly detained for questioning for their endorsement of book which justifies killing of non-Jews; Rabbi Dov Lior, chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba, says arrests have awakened rightist activists.

Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday night for a mass protest against the arrests of senior rabbis

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[krazykat88]

"Two senior rabbis who had endorsed the book "Torat Hamelech" (The King's Torah), which among other things preaches in favor of killing Arab infants"

ughhhhh.
Semi-serious question - Does Israel have hate crimes legislation? I mean, here, anybody endorsing something advocating the murder of another ethnic/religious group would be charged with a hate crime/insighting violence
Sort of on topic - Its ironic that Rabbis are endorsing a book that preaches in favor of what is essentially, ethnic cleansing, given the Jewish history of being a persecuted group.

[sephystabbity]

Heh, I guess you get the intolerant assholes in every religion and not just the terrorist Mooslims.

[jiaren_shadow]

GTFO my religion, assholes.

[apostle_of_eris]

There are a lot of sick little fucks in the world. But we already knew that.
A lot of them get their rocks off by blaming their fuckups on some local version of God, making them holy martyrs for extra points. But we already knew that.
In the United States, they claim Jesus. In Israel, they claim Torah. Some other places they claim the Koran or Mohammed. Nor Jesus nor Moses nor Mohammed, whatever other problems one may have with them, had anything to do with this bullshit. But we already knew that.

If someone has an idea of constructive action we might take, that's NOT something I already know. I would be deeply grateful for any usable suggestions.