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‘We prayed for Sharon’s death’
By Efrat Weiss
Published: 26.07.05, 19:58
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1. Jewish Voodoo
Michael ,   Haifa   (07.26.05)
These primitive people from the looney messianists should try and improve their powers of black magic by asking for international technical assistance from Voodoo and Obeah men, Eskimo shamans, Australian aborigine wise men and from African Oracles, Witches and Sorcerers.
2. Pulsa Dinura
EM ,   Israel   (07.26.05)
Sharon doesn't have to worry. His record as a war hero who is deeply devoted to the land and people of Israel must carry some weight in Heaven. And I understand that if G-d deems the cursed person does not deserve it - then the same punishment (tenfold?) falls upon the cursers. I would place my bets on Sharon surviving as opposed to these pitiful men who call themselves rabbis. Shame on them.
3. Absolutely disgusting
Jennifer ,   Israel   (07.26.05)
Religion is supposed to bring people together in peace and happiness and all you can do is preach hatred...
4. Is there not end to this religious madness?
Centre Right Citizen ,   Northern Israel   (07.26.05)
This latest theat against PM Arik Sharon is further proof that there is no difference between Arab Fundamentalism and Jewish right wing extremism. It seems that Kach and its affiliates have a common aim with Hamas and its friends to destroy the State of Israel! Religion is is the root of evil. In support of this just look back and see how many people have been murdered, skinned alive, burnt and exterminated over the ages in the name of "Religion". Is this what God really wanted when he created man? I am sure that today, when He sees the evil that men do, He regrets sparing Noah! As for this “Pulsa Dinura”, wasn't it enough killing one Prime Minister? Those who cast these "spells" should remember what goes around comes around! Lets hope that it is the Shin Beth that brings this lot to justice! They are not patriots. The are common criminals.
5. lol typical settler
edward ,   las vegas   (07.26.05)
very typical. this is hilarious. did they make rat stew too? did they fly in with broomsticks? angels of destruction, that is too friggen hilarious. what are you, 10 years old, reading fiction novels and mistaking them for fact? oh, wait, you basically are. put your old, man-written books away these people are sick sick people and are just a microcosm of the entire settler community.
6. Wicked Erev Rav
Shiloh David ,   Jerusalem   (07.26.05)
When will Israel wake up to the cause of all the hatred in the world, now totally visible by the actions of these 20 "jews'. A Jew would never pray for death, by definition by our sages, these men are NOT Jews by anymeans. PM Sharon has zero to worry about, God is with him, not the "religious' who continually Profane haShem. Read the prophecies of how these wicked will be destroyed.
7. I thought we had a monopoly in idiocy!
Abdullah ,   Kuwait City, Kuwait   (07.26.05)
Unfortunately I was mistaken :) Shalom
8. YOU BELIEVE IN KABALLAH AND THE TORAH?
(07.26.05)
INTERESTING PREOCCUPATION FOR THE LEFT.
9. sharon
chava ,   yerushalayim   (07.26.05)
Actually, I've been praying for him, for a refuah shlaimah (a complete recovery.) I think the man is very sick, and if HaShem will cure him, this entire idea of surrender will end.
10. They turned me into a Newt!
Hhhmmm... ,   Round here   (07.26.05)
...I got better.... Only one person can Sharon now and the name is Potter, Harry Potter. Actually I can see I idea for a 7th book here 'Harry Potter and the Evil Rabbis'? Religious people are funny
11. What if ...
Matthias ,   Switzerland   (07.26.05)
... this ceremony was initiated by Shin Bet agents? The following uproar against the rightwing would be another gain for the government in the PR battle.
12. 40,000 peaceful protestors - and 20 nutcases
Rachel BenDavid ,   Peduel   (07.26.05)
Hmmm, this "ceremony" was performed three weeks ago, but was only publicized now. How curious? Perhaps the fact that 40,000 people peacefully protested for three days put the left in a bad mood, so they had to trot out the 20 nutcases they found to make everyone else look bad. Sorry, guys, been there, done that - it doesn't work anymore. Just like the Israeli public doesn't believe that the entire left are like the violent anarchists who protest against the security barrier, the Israeli public knows that these guys are nuts, and don't represent everyone against the disengagement plan.
13. How come that nobody's being arrested for this?
TC ,   Tel aviv   (07.26.05)
The same gang that were praying for Rabbin's death are still free to go... What are they waiting for? an other catastrophe like in 95?
14. Very nice people
Israel   (07.26.05)
Ben-Horin said that while Rabin was backed by an entire movement in society, Sharon is alone in advocating his disengagement plan. His death would cancel the pullout, Ben-Horin added. The ceremony's organizers also include Rabbi Yossef Dayan from the West Bank settlement of Psagot, who was among the rabbis who had placed a Pulsa denura on Rabin. After Rabin's assassination, Dayan was arrested for threatening to place a curse on Shimon Peres. Dayan, a member of the outlawed radical group Kahana Khai and a former Knesset candidate of the group, said in September 2004 that he was ready to hold a Pulsa denura ceremony for Sharon, and that he wished for his death.
15. FOR ALL YOU GULLIBLE PEOPLE OUT THERE.......
SETTHERECORDSTRAIGHT   (07.26.05)
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A BUNCH OF B.S. NO RABBIS IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. A GOOD RABBI ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT TRY TO BRING ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE LIFE OF ANOTHER JEW - THIS IS NONSENSE! AS FOR "RIGHT WING ACTIVISTS", Y-NET LOVES TO GROUP PEOPLE UNDER THAT STUPID BANNER AND IT IS JUST A PHRASE THEM HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO USING WHENEVER THERE'S A STORY ON PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TERRITORIES OR THE RELIGIOUS.....SO LAME. TALK ABOUT PROPAGANDA Y-NET...?
16. THIS IS JUST ENTERTAINMENT FOR STUPID PEOPLE LIKE EDWARD
(07.26.05)
19. #7 LOL
Ann C. ,   MO, USA   (07.26.05)
Bless your heart, Abdullah, thank you for the smile. But no one can claim the monopoly in idiocy. Even here in the USA we have our share of...um....well, let's just call them "unique" individuals. Where mankind is, idiocy is sure to follow. :)
20. #7: abdullah - funny!
(07.26.05)
21. Doubts that Sharon is Jewish!?
Piranha ,   Chicago, IL   (07.26.05)
What are they talking about?
22. to 15
yiftah ,   israel   (07.26.05)
sir, rabbis have been calling for sharon's death for more than a year now. several were even interviewed on the israeli news channels some months ago and blatantly admited it.
23. Right wing activists are lying. They love sharon
Sal Azam ,   Chicago, USA   (07.26.05)
They and Sharon are in the same bed. If Sharon would have behaved like Rabin then he would have been killed but he is the father of settlers. Sharon and his government along with security forces are the proctectors and supporters of the illegal messianic settlers. Its a love love connection. Here is a quote from him. . Sharon’s opinion about illegal Israeli settlements and check posts: "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements because everything we take now will stay ours... Everything we don't grab will go to them." Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister, addressing a meeting of militants from the extreme right-wing Tsomet Party, Agence France Presse, November 15, 1998. We still have three weeks to see when does the "messiah" of sharon appears to help the settlers.
24. praying for a killing
j. goldstein ,   Union, NJ USA   (07.26.05)
I see a very thin line between this stupidity and the fatwah that the Imans issued against Simon Rushdie years ago. By the way, what happens when some jerk decides that he is acting FOR G-D and does it himself. Is he then a hero? We Jews should be above this bastardization of our religion. What claim of moral integrity can we now make?
25. regarding post 15
Shulamit W ,   VA USA   (07.26.05)
Clearly, some men who have the career "rabbi" are calling for the death of Sharon. But I would take the side of the post at #15, that to lump all "right wing" religious Jews into the group that calls for the death of another Jew, is propoganda against the right. Myself...I am on the left, and I wouldn't want to be lumped in with some of the "far left" mishugas, either. Perhaps the group calling for G-d to destroy Sharon ought to have its own name. I'll bet they love being considered somehow "mainstream." That does us no good at all.
26. #22: ALLOW ME TO SETTHERECORDSTRAIGHT
(07.26.05)
LIKE I SAID, A GOOD RABBI, ONE IN HIS RIGHT MIND, WOULDN'T DO THIS. I DIDN'T SAY THERE AREN'T THOSE OUT THERE WHO ARE ACTUALLY TRYING THIS NONSENSE. THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THIS ARE KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: THEY ARE DEMORALIZING THE REST OF US UPSTANDING RELIGIOUS JEWS AND COMMITTING A HORRIFIC ACT SIMULTANEOUSLY. I AM GOING TO TAKE A LEAP HERE: TO TRY TO BRING ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE LIFE OF YOUR FELLOW JEW - WHETHER HE IS AN EVIL FORCE OR NOT - IS NOT MORAL. FURTHER, IT IS NOT THE JOB OF LAYPERSONS, TALMIDIM HACHAMIM, NOR RABBIS AND KABBALISTS - IT IS - AND ALWAYS WILL BE - AT THE DISCRETION OF HASHEM, MAY HIS NAME BE PRAISED. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TRY TO PLAY G-D! THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING YIFTAH.
27. Read # 12!
Gerd ,   Germany   (07.26.05)
Bravo, Rachel Ben David! True!
28. Secularists, what are you afraid off???
Jew ,   jerusalem   (07.26.05)
Either you go with G-d and his Torah or, if you think this is not true or not modern, what are you then afraid of???? Again we see that Anti-Semites or Jewish Anti-Jewish/Torah politicians are so afraid of Judaism because they know it is the only way of life/religion which persisted throughout the history. and therfore is true. Why else would all the world/seculars hate constantly everything Jewish?
29. # 7 :-)
Gerd ,   Germany   (07.26.05)
:-))
30. It's not jewish ceremony! It's paganism!
al ,   Jerusalem   (07.26.05)
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