- Shmuel Eliyahu
Shmuel Eliyahu is the
Chief Rabbi ofSafed inIsrael .Background
Shmuel Eliyahu is the son of
Mordechai Eliyahu , the formerSephardi Chief Rabbi ofIsrael .Opinions
According to a May 30, 2007 report in
The Jerusalem Post , Eliyahu advocated "carpet bombing the general area from which the Kassams were launched, regardless of the price in Palestinian life." Eliyahu is quoted saying that "If they don't stop after we kill 100, then we must kill a thousand." And, "if they do not stop after 1,000 then we must kill 10,000. If they still don't stop we must kill 100,000, even a million. Whatever it takes to make them stop." [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1180527966693&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Wagner, Matthew, "Eliyahu advocates carpet bombing Gaza," The Jerusalem Post, 30 May 2007] ]In March 2008, he called for "state-sanctioned revenge" against Arabs. According to
Haaretz , in an article for the newsletter "Eretz Yisrael Shelanu" ("Our Land of Israel"), Eliyahu proposed "hanging the children of the terrorist who carried out the attack in the Mercaz Harav yeshiva from a tree." [cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/968729.html|title=Safed chief rabbi calls on state to exact 'revenge' against Arabs|publisher=Haaretz|date=2008-03-26|accessdate=2008-06-04|last=|first=]He also called for an Authentic, Observant
Israel iPrime Minister [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541582,00.html]References and footnotes
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