Racist Rabbi Tries To Gloss Over Remarks Which Called To Massacre Palestinians

Vatic Note:   I believe these series of articles will speak for themselves and I really don't need to say anymore than everyone else has said.   Justice must be done,  massacre and murder are crimes, and especially against civilians in international waters, etc.   Now its just a matter of where do the American people stand on such actions by our bogus government, run by Israel and the bankers. 

Oh, I do have something to say,  "Be warned and watch what you can expect in your own country by Israel and its minions once they take control of the globe"  This proves that you will be given no quarter, thus is preferable, IF YOUR GOING TO DIE by their hand anyway, to fight while doing it and take them with you as you go.  That is becoming more an more clear every day. 

Racist Rabbi Tries To Gloss Over Remarks Which Called To Massacre Palestinians
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Posted by Europe on Jun 21st, 2009

A prominent Chabad rabbi is seeking to clarify remarks in which he renounced “Western morality” and seemed to call on Israel to massacre Palestinian civilians.

“The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way,” wrote Rabbi Manis Friedman in the current issue of Moment magazine. “Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle).”

Friedman’s comments were a response to the question “How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?” The question was posed to rabbis of several denominations, and the Friedman response was identified as “Chabad.”

Subsequently he said that the comments were solely his own and not those of any movement or organization. A Chabad spokesperson also emphasized that Friedman was not speaking for the organization.

Friedman, of St. Paul, Minn., also said that his published comments were “misleading” and were meant to address not how Jews should treat their neighbors but how they should act in a time of war.

“I attempted to briefly address some of the ethical issues related to forcing the military to withhold fire from certain people and places, at the unbearable cost of widespread bloodshed (on both sides!) — when one’s own family and nation is mercilessly targeted from those very people and places!” Friedman wrote in a clarification issued through a Chabad spokesperson. “I apologize for any misunderstanding the words printed in my name created.”

In response, Moment editor Nadine Epstein said nothing was taken out of Friedman’s comments save for some quotation marks and a short paragraph that did not alter the meaning of the controversial passage. She also said that Friedman was asked the same question as all the other rabbis and that he was invited to elaborate further on the magazine’s blog.

“The question did not include a reference to ‘during a time of war,’” Epstein said.

Rabbi Avi Shafran, the director of public affairs for the fervently Orthodox group Agudath Israel, called Friedman’s comments “shocking and wrongheaded.”

A noted author, speaker and educator, Friedman, who lives in St. Paul, Minn., is among the country’s most prominent Chabad rabbis. He has appeared on CNN, PBS and the BBC, and has been the subject of articles in major national publications, according to his biography.

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