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In Israel, religious extremism is pervasive, unchecked

[email protected] September 6, 2019 ashkenazi, avichai rontzki, believers in the police, bentzi gopstein, Bezalel Smotrich, bnei david, chief rabbinate of israel, david batzri, david lau, eliezer kashtiel, giora radler, knesset, menachem schneerson, Naftali Bennett, orthodox judaism, rafi peretz, rami brachyahu, religious education, sephardic, settler extremism, Shmuel Eliyahu, temple movement, yeshiva, yisrael ariel, yitzchak ginsburg, yitzhak batzri, zionism

In Israel, religious extremism has gone unchecked in the educational establishment, in top levels of government, and among prominent religious leaders – radicalizing a growing number of Israeli youth and endangering Palestinians.

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Israel’s ‘Rule of the Rabbis’ Who Preach Genocide Fuels Holy War

Kathryn Shihadah March 6, 2019 al aqsa, analysis, ayelet shaked, david ben-gurion, gender discrimination, genocide, Haredim, holy war, Mordechai Eliyahu, Naftali Bennett, orthodox jew, price tag, separation of church and state, Shmuel Eliyahu, uri avrney, zionism

Largely ignored by critics have been Israel’s increasing theocratic tendencies – the growth of Israel’s extremist religious population and the emergence of a class of influential rabbis who endorse the killing of non-Jews and preach genocide…

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