Jews Who Are Celebrating a National Tragedy
It's public airing of laundry time at MR. We're not theological scholars, but we're pretty sure that the rabbis who say that it is incumbent to pray for Sharon are obviously right and that these people are raving lunatics:
Far-right activists took credit Thursday for the severe deterioration in Ariel Sharon's health, claiming that a pulsa denura - Aramaic for "lashes of fire" - death curse they instigated against the prime minister in July was the real catalyst behind his current state of health. "I take full responsibility for what happened," far-right activist Baruch Ben-Yosef, one of the participants at the July pulsa denura, told The Jerusalem Post. "Our pulsa denura kicked in. Nothing could kill Sharon and he said his ancestors lived until they over 100 years old but we got him with the pulsa denura."
Yeah, because Baruch Ben-Yosef is a geopolitical and diplomatic expert - he clearly has enough knowledge to gauge whether PM Sharon was right to unilaterally leave the Gaza Strip now so as to head off a State Department imposed settlement later. But who cares about the pluses and minuses of disengagement - this is outright repulsive. The sensibilities of any rational - not to mention any genuinely religious - human being should recoil. Seriously. Disgusting:
Right-wing extremist Itamar Ben Gvir held a party at his Hebron home to celebrate the deterioration in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health. Some 20 Right-wing activists attended the event. "The prime minister wanted to have a second disengagement and expel Jews from Hebron. Those who hurt the Land of Israel are hurt by the Land of Israel," he said.
Again, we make no claim at theological sophistication. Disputation based on chapter and verse is obviously beyond us. But on Pesach, Jews are commanded to mourn the suffering of their enemies. We find it difficult to believe that it can be appropriate to celebrate the physical suffering of the leader of the Jewish State.
Far-right activists took credit Thursday for the severe deterioration in Ariel Sharon's health, claiming that a pulsa denura - Aramaic for "lashes of fire" - death curse they instigated against the prime minister in July was the real catalyst behind his current state of health. "I take full responsibility for what happened," far-right activist Baruch Ben-Yosef, one of the participants at the July pulsa denura, told The Jerusalem Post. "Our pulsa denura kicked in. Nothing could kill Sharon and he said his ancestors lived until they over 100 years old but we got him with the pulsa denura."
Yeah, because Baruch Ben-Yosef is a geopolitical and diplomatic expert - he clearly has enough knowledge to gauge whether PM Sharon was right to unilaterally leave the Gaza Strip now so as to head off a State Department imposed settlement later. But who cares about the pluses and minuses of disengagement - this is outright repulsive. The sensibilities of any rational - not to mention any genuinely religious - human being should recoil. Seriously. Disgusting:
Right-wing extremist Itamar Ben Gvir held a party at his Hebron home to celebrate the deterioration in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health. Some 20 Right-wing activists attended the event. "The prime minister wanted to have a second disengagement and expel Jews from Hebron. Those who hurt the Land of Israel are hurt by the Land of Israel," he said.
Again, we make no claim at theological sophistication. Disputation based on chapter and verse is obviously beyond us. But on Pesach, Jews are commanded to mourn the suffering of their enemies. We find it difficult to believe that it can be appropriate to celebrate the physical suffering of the leader of the Jewish State.
