The letter posted on Israeli journalist Amit Segal channel to 184,000 followers says that “the nation of Israel will stand up bravery to strike at its enemies,” according to a translation of the Hebrew. It goes on to justify targeting sites even “when the enemy hides behind a human shield.”
It’s important to acknowledge that these rabbis are fucking assholes and also that quite a few rabbis didn’t sign this letter (it was signed by dozens of rabbis, which isn’t a very large proportion). Religious leaders are people just like the rest of us and while they usually contain a larger proportion of empathic and “good” people… that certainly isn’t a universal rule (Source: grew up in Boston in the 90s).
I hope their congregations see them for the assholes they are and kick them to the fucking curb.
Also, the title skips the important context of Hamas’ pattern of using human shields and operating out of schools and hospitals. The rabbis aren’t just saying “c’mon Bibi, let’s go murder some sick folks, nurses, and doctors!”
It’s possible for both sides to be wrong, a nuance that Lemmy sometimes misses. Also notable that most Palestinians don’t support Hamas