Chabad Delegation Meets With Sharon – Opposes Disengagement, Violent Protests

According to Ynet, a Chabad delegation from Brooklyn led by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner met with with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

The upshot?

Chabad opposes disengagement but also opposes all non-violent forms of protest (that would include blocking highways, burning tires, vandalism, etc., along with more violent actions).

Ynet also notes that:

At this time it is still unclear which line the Chabad-Lubavitch movement would adopt once disengagement rolls around. The movement’s leadership is considered moderate, but the more radical branch has vowed to thwart the pullout and has called on soldiers to refuse evacuation orders.

Will the 'civil war' in Israel lead to a heightening of the civil war within Chabad? Only time will tell.

[Hat tip: Minnesota Twin.]

Comments

[Schneur]

The rebbe was against Israeli withdrawals from territories captured after June 1967.
Was he against withdrawals from land that many Poskim considered not to have the "din" of Israel ? Any discussion of the prophetic role of Nathan of Gaza w ill reveal a great deal of rabbinic doubt as to the status of gaza r in regards Kedusha.
Current events also show that Chabad is leaderless and confused as to the manner of action now.
Clearly times change and conditions change new and living leadership is required if a movement is to play an active role in Jewish public affairs.
Leaving Chbad in the hands of men like radical Messianist Wolbo or "postal employee" Groner only guarantees the public demise of Chabad as a player in Jewish and Israeli communal life.
The rebbe's will could be interpretd by a new rebbe and Chabad could play a posative life in the struggle for peace and security in Israel led by our Mizrachi bretheren.