Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu's Criminal Doublespeak

A couple of months ago, former Sefardic chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu 'prophcied' that Disengagement from Gaza would not happen. But, as we all know, Disengagement did happen. So what does the esteemed false prophet of the settler movement do when his 'vision' fails? This:

"We should be proud of the heroic Jews of Gush Katif," Rabbi Eliyahu said. "Had the rabbis issued instructions to resist, no one would have had the power to remove them from Gush Katif. But the rabbis said not to raise a hand, and that is why they are not resisting."

If the settlers had "raised a hand" (i.e., used guns and bombs) against the army, Disengagement would have happened – and hundreds of Jews would have died in the process.

What Rabbi Eliyahu is saying can be understood as a threat – "this time we did not use our guns and bombs; next time, maybe we will." It also encourages the hardcore radicals of the settler movement to use violence because what the "rabbis" say publicly is often not what they whisper privately.

If Sunday's evacuation of four settlements in Samaria turns especially violent, understand that rabbinic whispers speak much louder than publicly uttered words.

Comments

[Ben Remaliahu]

Kal hakavod Shmarya for your discerning observations .
Few would know/remember these days that R' Eliyahu used to belong in his youth to a shadowy anti government underground that was
not against the use of violence . It was therefore rather surprising to see him becoming later in life the Chief Rabbi for the state he had so dispised .
Equally surprising is his assuming the position as oracle to the National Religious . That though has more to do with the radicalisation and transformation of the NRP from a moderate party to a party of lunatics . In his homilies carried by Arutz 7 , it transpires the he too , is " into Kabboleh " seing numerical symbolism into the most trivial events of everyday life & if fond , in matters of Halakha to quote Rabbenu Zalmen of the Shulchan Arukh (harav , the other one ).
How much more duplicity can he harbor ?

[shmuel munkes]

hey pikeach ben R - what is so terrible about citing the GRAZ for halacha? the mishneh b'rurah and most others (litvish - yeshivish, etc. ) do too (Oh I forgot, we deconstructed the chofetz chaim on this blog already when was that? tisha b'av? silly me - I guess we hadn't established the chabad criminal links to protest the disengagement yet

[moshe kaufman]

how dare you insult the holy saintly and esteemed rav elyahu for this you will with out question burn forever in hell!!!!!!!!