Top rabbis move to forbid renting homes to Arabs, say ’Israel belongs to Jews’ - Haaretz Daily Newspaper

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  • Top rabbis move to forbid renting homes to Arabs, say ’Israel belongs to Jews’ - Haaretz
    http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/top-rabbis-move-to-forbid-renting-homes-to-arabs-say-israel-belongs-to-jews

    A numbr of leading rabbis who signed on to a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles – a move particularly aimed against Arabs – defended their decision on Tuesday with the declaration that the land of Israel belongs to the Jews.

    Dozens of Israel’s municipal chief rabbis signed on to the ruling, which comes just months after the chief rabbi of Safed initiated a call urging Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews.

    Aviner explained that he supported the move for two reasons: one, a Jew looking for an apartment should get preference over a gentile; and two, to keep the growing Arab population from settling too deeply.

    “Racism originated in the Torah,” said Rabbi Yosef Scheinen, who heads the Ashdod Yeshiva. “The land of Israel is designated for the people of Israel. This is what the Holy One Blessed Be He intended and that is what the [sage] Rashi interpreted.”

    He added that he did not see the move as racist so much as segregationist. “The world is so big and the State of Israel is small, that God intended it for the people of Israel and the whole world covets it. That is the injustice.”

    L’article décrit ensuite l’indignation d’un certain nombre de politiciens israéliens. Je suis curieux de voir si et comment la presse va traiter ça.

    #Israël #racisme #ségrégation