Brother Buharry,  Thanks once again for sharing with us information about the genocidal actions and aspirations of the Zionists against the Palestinians.  I see no difference in objectives between the Zionists indiscriminate massacre of Palestinian children, women and men recently in Gaza and Hitler's attempts to exterminate Jews from the face of the earth.  Unfortunately, war criminals likes Tony Blair, George Bush, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Donald Rumsfeld, Ehud Barrak, etc will get away scot-free.  Bailo   --- On Tue, 27/1/09, Momodou Buharry Gassama <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Momodou Buharry Gassama <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FWD: Military Rabbi Urged Troops to Show No Mercy in Gaza To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, 27 January, 2009, 10:31 PM Military Rabbi Urged Troops to Show No Mercy in Gaza Israeli human rights group Yesh Din is calling for the ouster of the military?s top rabbi, Brigadier General Avichai Rontzki over his messages to soldiers during the 22-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The primary concern was a booklet which, among other things, contained a rabbinical edict against showing mercy. The booklet contains quotes from a nationalist rabbi which declares that showing mercy during the battle would be ?terribly immoral? and quotes a medieval sage who cautioned Jews not to ?be enticed by the folly of the Gentiles who have mercy for the cruel.? Yesh Din says the booklet could have been seen by soldiers as official encouragement to act in violation of international law? an important issue as the Israeli government scrambles to defend itself against accusations of massive war crimes during the war. Another pamphlet told troops that the civilian population of the Gaza Strip was not innocent, and urges them to ?spare your lives and the lives of your friends and not to show concern for a population that surrounds us and harms us.? Over 1,400 Palestinians were killing during the war, a large number of them civilians. compiled by Jason Ditz ----------------------------- Show No Mercy to Gaza: Army Rabbis CAIRO — In the midst of the war on the heavily-populated Gaza Strip, the chief military chaplain gave soldiers a booklet containing a rabbinical edict against showing mercy to the enemy, the Yesh Din rights group revealed on Monday, January 26. "When you show mercy to a cruel enemy you are being cruel to pure and honest soldiers," the pamphlet ultra-nationalist Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, who heads the Ateret Cohanim yeshiva in Al-Quds (occupied East Jerusalem). "These are not games at the amusement park where sportsmanship teaches one to make concessions." The booklet was circulated among soldiers fighting in Gaza by chief military rabbi Avichai Rontzki, who holds the rank of brigadier general. It quotes Aviner as saying that showing mercy towards the enemy was "terribly immoral" and advising soldiers they were fighting "murderers". The ultra-nationalist rabbi is the spiritual leader of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and he opposes any compromise with Palestinians. Gaza…New Sabra and Shatila Gaza's Empty Coffins Gaza's Scary Nights Palestinian Holocaust Museum Israeli troops killed more than 1,350 Palestinians, including 473 children, and injured 5,450 in 22 days of attacks. The offensive also wrecked havoc on Gaza's infrastructure, leaving thousands of homes, government buildings, schools, hospitals and mosques in ruins. Amnesty International has accused Israel of "unlawful attacks," while Human Rights Watch accused it of "indiscriminate" attacks that were against the rules of law. Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, who worked in Gaza's main Shifa hospital during the first weeks of the Israeli blitz, accused Israel of using the Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) that shreds the victims' bodies in pieces. A coalition of Israeli human rights groups pressed for an international investigation into war crimes in Gaza. Under international pressures, Israel admitted Saturday using white phosphorous, a chemical that burns away human flesh to the bone, in shelling the overcrowded, impoverished strip. Hatred Haaretz newspaper also reported on Monday that far right-wing groups were allowed to distribute pamphlets with racist messages on military bases. "(We tell) soldiers of Israel to spare your lives and the lives of your friends and not to show concern for a population that surrounds us and harms us," read a flyer distributed by the right-wing group "The Pupils of Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg". "As for the population, it is not innocent…We call on you to ignore any strange doctrines and orders that confuse the logical way of fighting the enemy." Pamphlets also asked the Israeli troops not to heed calls for sparing the lives of the civilian population. "Our enemies took advantage of the broad and merciful Israeli heart" rabbi Yuval Feund said in another pamphlet obtained by Breaking the Silence, a group of Israeli refuseniks. "We will show no mercy on the cruel." Yesh Din, the Israeli rights group, called on Defense Minister Ehud Barak to dismiss Rabbi Rontzki. "The content of these notebooks includes political messages and degrading and belittling messages that border on incitement and racism against the Palestinian people," it said. 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