Title: Rabbi calls for annihilation of Arabs
Author: BBC NEWS Tuesday, 10 April, 2001, 16:01 GMT 17:01 UK
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1270038.stm
The spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, has...
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Title: Rabbi calls for annihilation of Arabs
Author: BBC NEWS Tuesday, 10 April, 2001, 16:01 GMT 17:01 UK
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1270038.stm
The spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, has provoked
outrage with a sermon calling for the annihilation of Arabs.
"It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable," he was quoted as saying in a sermon delivered on Monday to mark the Jewish festival of Passover."
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