Attorney General to determine whether the statements made by the rabbis have been legal (Jerusalem Post)

 
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12/09/2010 18: 58 Prosecutor Yehuda Weinstein, Thursday, said that his Office will check if the behaviour of the rabbis employed by the State which has signed a letter against the lease for non-Jews, was "criminal".

The Weinstein comments came in a letter to Meretz MK Ilan Gilon, called the rabbis to be ousted from their positions.

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Forty-seven employees by State rabbis have signed a declaration public Tuesday, who cites the halachic against renting or selling a house or a plot of land in a non Jews in Israel position.

"In response to questions from many popular answer us hereby is forbidden by the Torah to sell a house or a field in the land of Israel a gentile" letter began to go to cite Maimonides, Aruch Shulhan and other sources. The letter noted the danger of mixed marriages, the potential damage to religious beliefs of Jewish neighbours who could be influenced by non-Jews and damage to the value of real property in the region.

The Weinstein on Declaration of the rabbis letter said "the Attorney General believes that attributed to the rabbis comments are apparently problematic in a number of ways and are emblematic of appropriate behaviour"

"Legal aspect of the incident is more complicated. The Attorney-General commissioned parties into his Office to verify the criminal and disciplinary aspects raised by statements made by the rabbis. »

Earlier Thursday, the commemoration of the Holocaust and Education Center Yad Vashem spoken out against the recent rabbinical letters leave against non-Jews live in areas of Jews in Israel.

Read a statement Thursday "Yad Vashem receives statement of the rabbis for the prohibition to sell and rent nice houses as a severe blow to the fundamental values of our lives as Jews and humans in a democratic State".

"The experience we the importance and at the same time fragile, learned the basic values of the mutual existence and respect for others is", he continued.

"We know that the Jewish people, who experienced suffering and persecution, as well as revocation of fundamental rights, and excommunication had expressed its position on these issues other tones than heard today in the Declaration."

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