Rabbi Dov Lando, the religious chief of the hassidic Degel Hatorah political faction, claimed to have been misinterpreted on Monday evening, after a recording of him attacking the non secular Zionist group had been broadly condemned earlier that day.
“We could encounter individuals who differ from our lifestyle, and it’s crucial to watch out of any arguments with them relating to our differing views,” he said at a convention for group rabbis.
“Our views are clear to us from our rabbis,” he defined, “and specifically we should be very cautious of arguments with individuals who, beneath the duvet of their religion, persecute the Torah and people who be taught it, and are unable to grasp and deepen our views, which was the view of our nice rabbis.”
In keeping with Lando, his incendiary phrases had been mentioned throughout a personal dialog, and had been “reacted to with distortion and a whole lack of knowledge.”
“If the nation sends individuals, troopers, within the title of the nation’s honor, and so they kill individuals, is that additionally allowed?” he questioned. “It is merely homicide. In order that they’re inciting to homicide, that is what they’re doing.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Lando’s phrases, saying that IDF troopers deserve gratitude and appreciation.
Degel Hatorah later responded to Netanyahu, warning him to not assault the religious chief.
