Soldier says rabbis pushed "religious war" in Gaza

Reuters | Mar. 21, 2009 (News Report)

Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January's Gaza offensive they were fighting a "religious war" against gentiles...
"Their message was very clear: we are the Jewish people, we came to this land by a miracle, God brought us back to this land and now we need to fight to expel the gentiles who are interfering with our conquest of this holy land," he said. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Walter Cox - Mar 21, 2009 - 12:44 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Mar 21, 2009 - 12:58 PM PDT

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 by Walter Cox - Mar. 21, 2009

With an anonymous source, this story must be taken with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, its allegations support a growing consensus that religious fervor may have fueled January's Gaza offensive, which if true should lead to clear international repudiation of Israel's recent military action.

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