How sick is Israel? How sick are Israeli rabbis? Very, very sick. Why?
Ha'aretz reports that 42 Sudanese refugees were found by Israeli Bedouin wandering in Be'er Sheva's industrial area. The Bedouin called aid workers and are housing the refugees over Shabbat. Where will these poor refugees go after Shabbat? Israel's Islamic Movement. That's right, Israel's Islamic Movement will care for them and house them.
What's so bad about that?
The refugees are Christians who fled Muslim persecution in Southern Sudan and Egypt.
Ha'aretz notes:
…Approximately 1000 refugees from Africa have infiltrated into Israel since the beginning of 2007, of which about 750 are from Sudan. The rest are from states such as Eritrea and the Ivory Coast.
The IDF catches many of the refugees upon their entry into Israel and, with no fixed solution to the problem of their status or governmental body set to deal with them, regularly releases them from detention to fend for themselves in Be'er Sheva.
One reason Israel has no "fixed solution" is the opposition of Orthodox rabbis who falsely claim Jews must be helped first.
Here is what the Torah has to say about this in Deuteronomy Chapter 10:
יז כִּי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם--הוּא אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים, וַאֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים: הָאֵל הַגָּדֹל הַגִּבֹּר, וְהַנּוֹרָא, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִשָּׂא פָנִים, וְלֹא יִקַּח שֹׁחַד.
יח עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם, וְאַלְמָנָה; וְאֹהֵב גֵּר, לָתֶת לוֹ לֶחֶם וְשִׂמְלָה.
יט וַאֲהַבְתֶּם, אֶת-הַגֵּר: כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the awesome, who does not show unjust favoritism or take reward.
18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and clothing.
19 Therefore love the stranger; for you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.
How sad that we reject the modern day stranger who suffered in the land of Egypt and fled to us for safety and comfort. It is even more sad that we reject them with rabbinical imprimatur.