Rabbinical Congress presses for continued Jewish control of the Holy Land

British Ambbadador David Quarrey (center) meets Rabbinical Congress rabbis for peace. (Credit: RCP)

The Chiefs of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, " Pikuach Nefesh ", which includes more than 400 Israeli rabbis, continues its ongoing dialogue with the ambbadadors of the world powers stationed in Israel [19659003] Their purpose is to sensitize the international community to the requirement, according to Jewish law, that Israel maintain control of the entire region of the Holy Land. They are also seeking to change the attitude of the world community to events in the Holy Land.

This week the rabbis met with David Quarrey, the British ambbadador to Israel, and introduced him to the Jewish legal status approach. "territories", as well as an official decision, signed by the majority of Israel's leading rabbis, which states that the concept of "two states for two peoples" is illegitimate under Jewish law, and unacceptable to many Israeli rabbis and the legal authorities as it seeks to legalize a form of national suicide.

Quarrey recounted that he had already heard about the Rabbinical Congress and had read about his work, as well as the Jewish legal position that they promulgate. He expressed great interest in hearing the authoritarian Jewish approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the rabbis explained to him at length how it is precisely through a strong and unyielding position, as Jewish law dictates. that peace and regional development could emerge. not only to Israel, but also to their Arab neighbors.

Rabbi Yermiyahu Cohen, Chief Justice Emeritus of France and Belgium, and today a rabbinical judge in Jerusalem and a leading member of the RCP, presented evidence and discoveries dating back nearly 2,500 years of Jewish presence in the Holy Land. "In light of this evidence, how is it possible to speak of" two lands for two peoples? ", He said." There are no archaeological excavations in Israel that do not validate the eternal presence of the Jewish people in this land. "

Rabbi Yosef Garlitzky, Chief of the RCP and Rabbi from the center of Tel Aviv, explained to the ambbadador that the main objective is to change the direction and approach of the current "peace talks", so that "instead of focus on "how much Israel is willing to give up for peace," the country should adopt a firm stance law for hundreds of years – and reject all concessions, which will only lead to war and more bloody. must be reached between Jews and Arabs, they say, so Israel must remain steadfast and not participate in any negotiations that would call into question its property over the entire land of Israel.

Rabbi Avraham Schreiber , former rabbi of Gush Katif and current rabbi of the Shevi Darom colony, was also present at the meeting. He told Quarrey how an "incendiary kite" had landed near his home a week ago and recounted how the vast amount of terrorist activity perpetrated by the Arabs had begun just after Israel had conceded the earth to his enemies. friendly relations with their Arab neighbors.

Rabbi Avraham S. Lewin, Secretary General of the Rabbinical Congress, asked Quarrey to convey the position of Jewish law to British policy makers.

"The British Commonwealth has had, for years, the merit of supporting the state of Israel.It would be a real shame to lose this merit because of a faulty foreign policy," he said. said Lewin. "By adopting the rational position of Jewish law, England can change the direction of international dialogue on this most important subject."