Holy Land in Trouble

Washington Post, JERUSALEM, March 20—A soldier involved in Israel's recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip said in published reports Friday that the military's rabbinical staff distributed material characterizing the operation as a religious mission to "get rid of the gentiles who disturb us from conquering the Holy Land."

There is no word in Hebrew or in Arabic for religion; religion is based in dogma—an immutable statement of truth that relieves the necessity for reason and thought. The problem with religion stems from those who take the authority to divine the meaning of ancient texts to substantiate actions clearly against the welfare of the earth.

God through the Torah promises the Jewish People the Land of Israel to perform the 613 Commandments. The Talmud-Book of Law states Moshiach will not come until murder is eradicated. To war over security is understandable, but to war over religious ideology is murder.

The rabbis whose job is to determine the law have ventured into politics and disgraced the Torah. It must be remembered that the original conquest of Israel 3500 years ago was only waged against the Seven Tribes of Canaan and not the Palestinians who were there from before the time of Avraham, as recorded in the Torah.

The Cabala describes these Seven Tribes of Canaan as being the seven bad emotions which the Rabbis are exemplifying through their wrongful actions.