According to Israel’s online newspaper, The Times of Israel, Rabbi Eliyahu wrote for the famous religious news portal Olam Katan, “How to approach earthquakes in Turkey and Syria?” In his article titled, he made scandalous statements about the earthquake disaster in which at least 28,000 people from both countries lost their lives.
Eliyahu, father of Amihai Eliyahu, Minister of Jerusalem and the Promised Land from Israel’s far-right and racist Otzma Jewish (Jewish Power) party, said: “God is judging all the nations around us who want to invade our lands several times and throw us into the sea.” commented.
THE DEATH IN THE EARTHQUAKE LIKE THE ARMY OF Pharaoh
Eliyahu, who made reference to the Exodus section of the Torah in his article, told the Turks and Syrians who lost their lives in the earthquakes, Hz. He compared it to Egypt’s Pharaoh army, who drowned in the Red Sea while chasing the Israelites led by Moses.
Eliyahu compared the earthquake disaster with “divine justice” and said:
“The Israelites, knowing the Egyptians, sang (joyfully) songs about their drowning, realizing that these drowned wanted to kill some of them and continue to enslave the rest. They sang because they understood that there was divine justice here aimed at punishing the Egyptians.”
HEAVY EXPRESSIONS FOR TURKEY AND SYRIA
The famous Israeli Rabbi, who made hostile and hateful expressions towards Turkey and Syria, continued as follows:
“This is about Syria, which has harassed its Jewish residents in Damascus and other cities for hundreds of years with blood slander. Syria invaded Israel three times to kill and destroy.
We do not know which accounts should be resolved with Turkey, which defames us in every arena. But since God has revealed and said to us that he will judge all our enemies, we only need to look at what is going on around us to understand that.”
“Everything that happens happens to clean up the world and make it better,” wrote Eliyahu.
‘HEAD RABBI’ OF ISRAEL’S EMERGENCY AID SERVICE
The Chief Rabbi of the city of Safed, Shmuel Eliyahu, is known for his extremist fatwas and rhetoric, including a 2010 fatwa outlawing the rental or sale of Jewish property in Safed to Arabs.
After the fatwa of Eliyahu, the house where a group of Arab youths lived in Safed was attacked by fanatical Jews.
Eliyahu is also the Chief Rabbi of the Red Star of David, the Israeli emergency service. The Red Star of David, like the Red Cross in the Christian world and the Red Crescent in the Muslim world, operates as the primary emergency service in the Jewish state of Israel.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, known for the country’s far-right and racist policies, said that Eliyahu should become Israel’s Chief Rabbi.
Eliyahu is also known for being close to Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security, of the far-right and racist Otzma Jewisht (Jewish Power) party. (AA)