'Jews who sell to Arabs are enemies' Halachic Decision "The New Sanhedrin" at meeting participated by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, Menachem Porush

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Clearly these Rabbis are not racist and the  Torah is not racist  as some of the talkbacks suggest.  Because Jews as well are not allowed to sell a parcel of Land in Israel forever to each other because of the commandments Shemittah and Yovel.  These commandments clearly demonstrate, the Land belongs to the Creator of the World and by Jewish Law, Jews are not permitted  to do as he wishes with this Land!  Ownership of the Land comes with Biblical obligations. Will these Arabs who buy from the Jews keep the laws of Shemittah and Yovel as the Jews are required? Will they take a Sabbatical year every seven years?  How will the Holy Land retain it's quality of holiness if the commandments are not being adhered?  This isn't racism.  Levites have no inheritance rights either and they are accepting of their role. What about Jewish women?The Ger Toshav, alien resident, is provided for but they must accept Jewish Sovereignty and the Laws of the Land. As some of the talkbacks noted, Torah is not the same as Democracy and Democracy is not the Torah. But Torah is the source of many democratic principles as well as a model from where the modern day republic took it's political philosopy.

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A Jew who sells his land to Arabs should not be allowed to lead prayers in synagogue, should not be given the right to make a blessing during the Torah reading, should not be counted among the quorum needed for public prayers and is considered an abettor to the enemies of Israel, according to a halachic decision issued on Monday night by a group of rabbis calling themselves "The New Sanhedrin."

Professor Hillel Weiss.
Photo: Bar Ilan-University

Prof. Hillel Weiss, a spokesman for the Sanhedrin, said that while the seller of land to Arabs is helping the Jewish people's enemies, this does not mean that he or she is guilty of a sin that entails the death penalty.

Rabbis who participated in a meeting that took place in the capital's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood on Monday evening included Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi Ya'acov Yosef, son of Shas mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and former United Torah Judaism MK Rabbi Menachem Porush, 93.....

Also please read http://www.torahmitzion.org/ENG/resources/show.asp?id=185

Parshat Behar

"And the Land Will Not Be Sold Forever"

Rav Yisrael Shachor, Former Rosh Kollel, Chicago Kollel, 2003