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Céder ou non des territoiresd'Erets Yisrael ou une part de Jérusalem à des puissancesétrangères :
quel est le rôle des rabbinspour éclairer le peuple ?
Ici, lesite des Grands Rabbins d'Israël engagés sur cette question.
Ici des déclarationsrabbiniques halakhiques.
12 mai 2000
Les Grands Rabbins d'Israël Eliyahu et Shapira,associés aux rabbins Druckman, Melamed, Rabinovitch, Drori, Aviner,Lior et de nombreux autres ont diffusé la déclaration suivante:
"The rights and obligations of the Nation ofIsrael to the Land of Israel are eternal, and no element has theauthority to nullify the Jewish nation's right over any part of Eretz Yisrael.In these days, when we hear words of weakness and the desire to giveaway parts of Eretz Yisrael and Jerusalem, we call on everyone totake part in [the rally], in order to strengthen the Jewishsettlement presence in Yesha and Jerusalem! We must be strong onbehalf of the nation and the cities of our G-d, and may wesee the fulfillment of the prophecy, 'I will plant them on theirland and they will never again be uprooted from their land."
Mai 2000.Une lettre importante duMenachem Porush, Président mondial de l'Agoudate Yisrael au Rav Ovadiah Yosef
Honorable Gaon of Israel
The Great Rishon LeTzion Rabbi OvadiahYosef, Shlita [may he live a long and good life] HaKablan St. 45, Jerusalem
Shalom and Blessings,
"I was a young man and I have now grownold." I was born at a time when the Turks controlled this country. I livedthrough the period of the British Mandate, and followed the events sincethe establishment of the State of Israel. The difficulties we enduredare engraved in my memory, as I was personally involved in the developments.
I am writing this letter with a feelingthat I don't recall ever experiencing before -- a feeling of fear and greatworry resulting from the persistent and firm rumors that the governmentis planning to change the status of the neighborhoods on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Abu Dis and Azariya, by handing them over to complete Palestinian civil and military control.
"That which we feared has come." Beyonddoubt, the consequences of transferring Abu Dis and Azariya to Palestinianmilitary control are a security danger to Jerusalem.
Intense and thorough analysis has led tothe conclusion that the consequences will be the suffocation of Jerusalemwith a Palestinian chain. Surely what we are dealing with is "pikuach nefesh"on a massive scale, and even when one person's life may be in dangerwe are required to take extraordinary measures.
Military personnel who are familiar withthe situation view this decision very gravely. It may result in endangering the borders of Jerusalem. Shivers shoot up my spine when I realize thatthe situation may deteriorate and become similar to that of 1929and 1936-38, periods when the Arabs were not controlled by a governingforce. They rioted and endangered lives.
There is no doubt that Shas can preventthis by objecting clearly and loudly.
During the last few days, my phone hasnot stopped ringing. I have received numerous phone calls from people representing all circles of the population, expressing their apprehensionand worry. Aware of my acquaintance with and admiration for yourHonor, they encouraged me to write this letter.
I repeatedly ask myself the inevitable question:How can we imagine Shas sitting tranquilly as the government, with theaid of Shas, will Heaven forbid return the neighborhoods surrounding Jerusalem?
Since the government will be discussingthis issue this coming Sunday, it is imperative that the Shas ministersstate their position clearly, that they object to any changes in the statusof Jerusalem at this stage.
Please, please, we request from his Honorshlita, please do not let anyone endanger Jerusalem. Do not let anyone endanger the hundreds of thousands of residents of Jerusalem.
Sincerely yours,
Menachem Porush
(traduction Arutz7)
(IsraelWire-5/4) Leading Kabalist RabbiYitzhak Kaduri has come out in opposition of a planned handover of AbuDis to the PLO Authority (PA). It is likely that all the ultra-Orthodoxparties will oppose the withdrawal. The United Torah Judaism Party statedit would wage a battle to stop the planned handover.
Chief Sephardic Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron backs Religious AffairsMinister
Yitzchak Cohen (Shas) in his call upon neighborhood rabbis to "refrainfrom
issuing halakhic rulings on controversial national issues." Cohensaid
that neighborhood rabbis are elected to fulfill limited rabbinic dutiesin
their neighborhoods, and are bound by the same limitations that bindother
public-service employees. He was referring to a recent rulingissued by
some 200 rabbis of the Pikuach Nefesh organization forbidding the transfer
of parts of Eretz Yisrael to foreign rule, for safety reasons.
"The Rabbis of Kiryat Motzkin and Tsfat would do well to dedicate
themselves to issues of Kashrut, marriage, eruvin, and 'peace in thehome,'
and leave the national political issues to the generation's decisors,"
according to Cohen. He stated that he met yesterday "with thePresident of
the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, who is a world-class
spiritual leader and does not hold an active rabbinical position. Rabbi
Yosef repeated his ruling that the holiness of man is greater thanthe
holiness of land, and in a case of national danger to life, it is permitted
to return parts of Eretz Yisrael."
Tsfat's Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said in response that he would notbe
deterred from expressing his opinions on national matters, and thatit is
his right and obligation to do so. "The Torah is complete, andincludes
many things... I would not advise the Minister to go the wayof those who
used to say that the rabbi's place is only in the synagogue. This is an
insulting approach... I can forgive him in that he is still newin his
ministerial post - but he is supposed to be a rabbi as well." Rabbi
Eliyahu said that the Chief Rabbinate has not discussed the issue,and
added, "We don't live in [a dictatorship], where a government officialcan
tell a rabbi what he can and cannot say. Just as I am obligatedto rule on
what is kosher and what is not, I am obligated to speak out on critical
issues, such as those that concern danger to life. It is inconceivable
that a religious-hareidi government minister should take this stance."
(Dépêche de Arutz Sheva du 28 octobre 1999).
Début novembre, autre élément au débat.Les anciens Grands Rabbins d'Israël Eliahou et Shapira, écoutésdu camp sioniste religieux engagé, ont déclaré qu'ilest interdit de s'opposer par la violence aux soldats qui ont reçudes ordres dévacuer des civils israéliens de territoires.
5-1-2000
1200 rabbins d'Israël ayant à leur tête l'ex-grandRabbin d'Israël Shapira et les rabbins Dov Lior, Zalman Baruch Melamed,Tzefaniah Drori, Nachum Rabinowitz, Chaim Druckman, Eliezer Waldman, MeyerFendel, Sholom Gold, Shabtai Zelikovitz, émettent un psaq halakhadécrétant qu'il est interdit selon la Torah de se dessaisirde la terre d'Israël, de démanteler les habitants de Juifsqui y sont établis. Voici le texte anglais diffusé dans saversion anglaise :
a. The Golan is part of the Land of Israel that was granted to theTribes
of Israel by the A-lmighty, as recorded in our holy Torah. TheGolan was
settled by Jews in the 1st and 2nd Temple periods, as our Sages tellus
(and as confirmed by Josephus). According to Jewish Law, it isforbidden
to uproot Jewish settlements in Eretz Yisrael.
[b. The abandonment of the Golan involves a mortal danger for the entire
country. Withdrawing from the Golan will not bring peace, butthe opposite.]
[c. It is unethical to remove Jews from their homes that they havebuilt
with self-sacrifice and at the behest of the state.]
d. Tens of thousands of Jews will stand against those who uproot usfrom
our land and who wheel and deal with our security. Every Jewmust take
part in the legal public activities and act with self-sacrifice toprevent
the destruction of the Golan communities.
e. We call upon the government of Israel not to tear away this precious
part of our Land, and not to cause a split in the nation.
f. We call for a national convention of rabbis to strengthen the Golan.
"Let us strengthen and let us be strong on behalf of our nation andthe
cities of our G-d."
Un Forum pour l'intégrité de Jérusalem s'est constitué.Sa particularité est qu'il réunit les milieux religieux orthodoxes,les courants religieux sionistes, les organismes politiques des territoireset de la droite israélienne (Likoud, Union Nationale) et des partisde olim (Yisrael B'Aliyah). Il est même placé sous la présidencedu Rabbin Menahem Porush qui préside l'Agoudate Yisrael, courantultra-orthodoxe.
Le représentant du Parti National religieux (Mafdal, PNR) déclareque son parti ne restera pas dans la coalition actuelle si le quartierde la banlieu de Jérusalem, Abu Dis, est remis à l'auroritépalestinienne.
L'action prévue est intitulée : 1 000 000 de juifs pourJérusalem.
C'est la première fois que les milieux orthodoxes entrent dansle débat et l'action politiques unis avec les autres courants dela société israélienne : seul le péril quis'exerce actuellement contre Jérusalem a réussi ce miraclequi marquera une grande étape dans l'histoire d'Israël.