Double Standard
Condemnation:
Rav Elyashiv Joins Rav Shteinman in Condemning Letter Forbidding the Rental of Homes to ArabsReaffirmation
"Two municipal chief rabbis decided on Thursday to remove their signatures from a religious ruling forbidding Israeli Jews from renting homes to gentiles. ...The attorney general’s office stated today that it would look into possible criminal aspects of a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles signed by a number of leading rabbis....Earlier on Thursday, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial decried the rabbis’ letter, deeming it a “severe blow to the values of our lives as Jews and human beings in a democratic state.” -more
Pal. Authority: Death Penalty for Selling Land to Jews
Monday, September 20, 2010"JERUSALEM, Israel - Israel's peace partner reaffirmed on Sunday that Palestinians convicted of selling land to Jews would face the death penalty for "high treason." PA officials claim the death penalty deters Arabs from selling land to Jews living in Judea and Samaria, which they envision free of Jewish residents in a future Palestinian state." -more
Labels: Double Standard, Imam, Israel, Jews, Jordan, PA, Palestinians, Rabbis, West Bank
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