Wednesday, November 24, 2010

A little bloodlust.

An interesting comment by Former IDF Chief Rabbi Yisrael Weiss in his new book "Blood of my heart" ("בדם לבי") regarding the  treatment he feels he has received by the Religious - Zionist community following the Hitnatkut (withdrawl from Gaza)  as reported by NRG (and translated freely by myself):


"I turned into the enemy of the people, the enemy of the settelers. For months we couldn't go home with safety," Writes Harav Weiss as he targets the blame towards the Religious Zionist community "Not a handful and not  marginal (members of the community - BT)," he writes "But a mob searching for blood, Jewish blood"
"הפכתי לאויב העם, אויב המתיישבים. חודשים לא יכולנו להיכנס הביתה בבטחה", כותב הרב וייס ומפנה אצבע מאשימה כלפי הקהילה הדתית-לאומית. "לא קומץ ולא שוליים", הוא כותב. "כי אם המון אדם שמחפש המון דם, דם יהודי". 


Rabbi Weiss was the head of the IDF's Rabbanut during the Hitnatkut. As such he is perceived as having had a part in it. I can't say I was surprised by the gist of the comment, but rather by the severity of it - clearly those who have been hounding Rabbi Weiss have gone well past any legitimate protest.