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הרב יצחק גינזבורג שליט''א
"About the value of Israel's life, it simply seems that the life of Israel is worth more than the life of a gentile, and even if the gentile does not intend to hurt Israel, it is permissible to hurt him in order to save Israel...
In a situation in which there is a danger - even remote - that the gentile will operate (even if indirectly) to hurt Israel, there is no need to care about him and "thou shalt kill the best of the gentiles."... We are consequently taught that the war referred to is not necessarily a real battle, but even a situation of national conflict justifies such killing. Those who may later help another [killer], when forced by the ruler, deserve to be killed."
Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburg, "Baruch HaGever," in Michael Ben Horim (ed.),
Baruch HaGever (Jerusalem: Special Publication, 1995), pp. 27, 28 (Hebrew)
This is an example of racism. It is sad that our even the authorities of our Torah, the Rabbis, will resort to racism. Racisצ is in complete contrast to Judaism, and his citing of the Talmudic dictate is distorted.
הרב יצחק גינזבורג שליט''א
"About the value of Israel's life, it simply seems that the life of Israel is worth more than the life of a gentile, and even if the gentile does not intend to hurt Israel, it is permissible to hurt him in order to save Israel...
In a situation in which there is a danger - even remote - that the gentile will operate (even if indirectly) to hurt Israel, there is no need to care about him and "thou shalt kill the best of the gentiles."... We are consequently taught that the war referred to is not necessarily a real battle, but even a situation of national conflict justifies such killing. Those who may later help another [killer], when forced by the ruler, deserve to be killed."
Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburg, "Baruch HaGever," in Michael Ben Horim (ed.),
Baruch HaGever (Jerusalem: Special Publication, 1995), pp. 27, 28 (Hebrew)
This is an example of racism. It is sad that our even the authorities of our Torah, the Rabbis, will resort to racism. Racisצ is in complete contrast to Judaism, and his citing of the Talmudic dictate is distorted.