- RAMALLAH: A senior Fatah official on Monday harshly slammed Jewish rabbis who call for the creation of Palestinian death camps.
Jamal Nazzal, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, said in a press statement that Orthodox Jewish rabbis are fueling religious conflicts and racial terrorism in the region.
Nazzal added that the "racist and bloody tone" of the religious decree signed by major Jewish rabbis implies "actual dangers" to Palestinians.
On Saturday, the Israeli Ynet news brought to attention a weekly magazine, distributed in synagogues across Israel, which published the religious decree. The diktat, signed by major rabbis, called for the creation of such death camps, citing religious duty.
The magazine indicated that the creation of these camps would be the duty of all devote Jews.
The decree strongly criticized Jewish rabbis in opposition, arguing that Palestinians are the giants whom God ordered the Israelites to slaughter 2,000 years ago, including children, women, elderly and even cattle.
The rabbis claimed that the Torah compels the Jews to erase all trace of this age's giants, referring to the Palestinians. The signatories insisted that even the rabbis that did not sign the fatwa support it in essence.
Nazzal warned against spreading these calls among Israeli soldiers, mainly those serving in Palestinian territories, blaming Israeli political leaders for not working to contain these calls.
The Fatah official urged Europe, which he said fights anti-Semitism and incitement, to take "a decisive position before the atmosphere of hatred and racial incitement that is growing in Israel."
Ynet quoted Israeli thinker Udi Aloni as saying that the call for the elimination of the Palestinians in such a widespread and public way, notably in synagogues, arises from a collective acceptance that this is a pragmatic approach.
Aloni was shocked no one objected to the rabbis who signed the decree, saying that “no one attempted to object, and no one thought of excommunicating these rabbis from the Israeli nation.”



