Cabinet shows broad support for a single chief rabbi
Ministers back private legislation bill and advance a government-sponsored bill to unite two rabbinates into one
November 18, 2013, 2:01 pm
0-The Times of Israel
In
a signal of the government’s intention to cut the number of chief
rabbis from two to one, the cabinet’s Ministerial Committee for
Legislation on Monday approved a private member bill that would end the
existence of separate Sephardi and Ashkenazi heads for the state
rabbinate.There
is no reason for two chief rabbis, according to one of the bill’s
sponsors, MK Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid). ”All rabbis today know the Jewish
law from both [Sephardi and Ashkenazi] traditions. Everyone’s married to
each other,” he told The Times of Israel.“This is a very important step
in the process of reunifying the polarized Jewish people,” Lipman
added.The bill, sponsored by Lipman and MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud), is not
expected to advance into law in its current form. A similar, government-sponsored bill (Hebrew) has
been posted on the Justice Ministry’s website for public reading and
comment. A Justice Ministry official told The Times of Israel Monday
that the bill is expected to reach the Ministerial Committee in two
weeks’ time, where it will receive the government’s imprimatur before
advancing to the Knesset floor for the first of three readings required
to become law.The two bills will be united in the legislative
stage, the Justice Ministry official said.The vote approving the
Lipman-Feiglin bill in
the cabinet committee is thus a bellwether of the government’s
intentions, suggesting that uniting of the rabbinic posts, which Lipman
and others have been advocating for months, enjoys widespread
support.The government version of the bill also seeks
to raise the qualifications required to serve in senior positions in the
state Jewish religious courts. The government’s proposal would separate
the courts from the rabbinate, with the state’s chief rabbi no longer
serving as chief justice of Israel’s highest rabbinic court.“In this
proposal, the president of the High
Rabbinic Court, and the deputy president, will be appointed from among
the judges on the High Rabbinic Court itself, as is customary when
selecting the chief justice and deputy chief justice of the Supreme
Court,” the Justice Ministry said in a statement last week dealing with
the government’s bill.
“The current situation, in which the president
[of the High Rabbinic Court] holds a broader public post [as the
state's chief rabbi], does not meet the standard that judicial posts
should be independent. In addition, chief rabbis are appointed to head
the High Rabbinic Court without [necessarily] possessing the
qualifications to serve as religious judges,” the ministry added.The
private bill won broad cabinet support on
Monday. The government bill, meanwhile, is being advanced by Justice
Minister Tzipi Livni and Religious Services Minister Naftali Bennett,
who head the Hatnua and Jewish Home parties, respectively. Put together,
the measure appears to have a preponderance of support within the
government, and will likely enjoy an equal level of support in the
opposition, especially among left-wing parties.“Israel has one prime
minister, one president,
one Supreme Court chief justice, one [IDF] chief of staff — so it’s
time it has one [chief] rabbi for one people,” Livni said in a joint
statement with Bennett last week.“Instead of the state preserving a
formal,
anachronistic ethnic separation” in religious matters, “it’s time for
the State of Israel to have one chief rabbi who unites all the different
walks of Israeli society.”“This important step symbolizes the unity of
the people,” said Bennett, noting that the IDF had one chief rabbi and
that “Ashkenazim marry [those] Sephardi, Yemenite and every other
tradition.”“The appointment of one chief rabbi is one of those issues
where the only question is, why hasn’t this happened already?”
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
SO THE FREED 104
MURDERERS EACH GET $50,000 DOLLARS AND HIGH GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR
MURDERING INNOCENT ISRAELI, WOMEN. CHILDREN, SOLDIERS AND MEN.FOR A
TOTAL OF OVER 5 MILLION 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND 52 MURDERERS HAVE BEEN
SET FREE ALREADY FOR A TOTAL OF $2 MILLION 600 THOUSAND DOLLARS.THE
PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP CAN GIVE THIS KIND OF MONEY OUT TO FREED
MURDERERS.THEN THEY COMPLAIN TO THE WORLD - WE POOR PALESTINIANS HAVE NO
MONEY FOR FOOD.BUT WE PALESTINIANS DO HAVE LOTS OF MONEY FOR MAKING
ROCKETS TO SHOOT AT ISRAEL EVERY DAY.BUT WE POOR PALESTINIANS NEED
WESTERN BILLIONS SO WE CAN EAT.THIS IS JUST THE WEST GETTING SUCKED INTO
GIVING THE PALESTINIANS-ARABS MONEY TO FUND TERROR ATTACKS ON
ISRAEL.YES WESTERN WORLD-WE FUND INNOCENT ISRAELIS BEING MURDERED BY
GIVING THE PALESTINIAN ARABS ALL THIS CASH.I SAY NO MORE PALESTINIAN
AIDE EVER.SO THE PALESTINIANS CAN'T BUILD BOMBS TO SHOOT INTO ISRAEL
EVERY DAY.
Palestinian Authority gives freed prisoners $50,000 each
In addition to lump sum, former inmates also promoted to senior government positions that carry large monthly salaries
November 18, 2013, 9:36 am
12-THETIMES OF ISRAEL
According to information published in the PA
daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida in 2011, the average monthly stipend paid by
the government to family members of Palestinian prisoners stands at NIS
3,129 ($862), higher than the average salary of a Palestinian civil
servant, which is NIS 2,882 ($794). Two and a half percent of the PA’s
budget for salaries goes to prisoners’ families, the document indicated.Issa Abd
Rabbo, the most veteran of the prisoners released, received a $60,000
bonus, with the PA reportedly also offering to foot the bill for a
wedding should he choose to marry. He was convicted of murdering two
Israeli hikers south of Jerusalem in 1984, after tying them up at
gunpoint and placing bags over their heads.The prisoner release, the second of four
phased releases as part of US-brokered peace talks with the
Palestinians, raised ire in Israel’s right wing and among victims of
terror who opposed the move.Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians
restarted at the end of August and have continued with covert meetings.
Despite a US-imposed ban on leaks, reports suggest that that the
negotiations are stalled over key issues such as continued Israeli
military presence in the Jordan Valley and the “right of return” for
Palestinian refugees and their descendents.
Elhanan Miller contributed to this report.