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Media Circus On False Rabinical Ruling Leads To Edict Allowing Bedouin Soldiers To Kill Settlers
2005-03-03
[IMRA: Chalk up a major accomplishment to the media-Sharon administration tag team: after giving top billing to a fake story for a day about a nonexistent rabbinical ruling allowing settlers to shoot at non-Jewish soldiers a leading Bedouin cleric responded with a real ruling.]
"Fire back if needed"
New edict allows Bedouin soldiers to kill settlers who attack them; move comes in the wake of reports that rabbis permit targeting non-Jewish soldiers
2 March 2005
www.ynetnews.com/articles/ 0,7340,L-3053327,00.html
TEL AVIV - A leading Bedouin cleric has issued a religious edict allowing Bedouin soldiers to kill anyone who attempts to harm them in the process of settlement evacuation, Channel 2 reported Wednesday.
"Whoever attempts to harm Bedouin soldiers.shouldn't think they would just stand there and do nothing," said Sheikh Kamal Abu Nadi, whose rulings are respected by families whose sons serve in the IDF.
Notably, Druze, Bedouin, and even some Muslim youngsters choose to serve in the IDF. The cleric himself served in the army for 11 years.
Source: IMRA – Independent Media Review and Analysis
