Israel – Rabbi Chaim Druckman, a leading figure in the religious-Zionist world, has voiced his disapproval of police and army violence at Gilad Farm in Samaria. He sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deploring the government’s approach to the issue.
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If homes must be demolished, “it should be done with coordination and dialogue, not as a battle. Residents of Judea and Samaria are not the enemy,” he said.
Rabbi Druckman noted that during the eviction at Gilad Farm police made no effort to respect residents’ religious views by assigning female officers to deal with women in cases where physical contact was used. “Even during the expulsion from Gush Katif and in Amona, security forces made an effort to avoid this type of harsh blow to the sensitivities and religious modesty of local residents,” he said.
In response, Natan Eshel of the Prime Minister’s Office told Rabbi Druckman’s aide, Efraim Meir, that Netanyahu held a meeting Monday to discuss the violence at Gilad Farm. Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and expressed the severity in which he views the use of pneumatic bullets and the insensitivity to religious practice.
Derech eretz and respect is a two way street. The settlers are entitled to express their opposition in a peaceful manner but when they resist arrest, block access or refuse a lawful order from the security police to disperse and start throwing rocks, they have lost any right to be treated humanely and should be dragged off to jail. The security police have a difficult enough time without having to risk being attacked by Israelis, no matter how passionate they feel about their cause. They should disperse peacefully or they will be subject to forceful arrest.
as the saying goes, i have met the enemy and the enemy is us so what this rabbi says is absolute nonsense he is his own worst enemy.
The gov should just shut off the utilities.How long would they stay without gas,electric and water.