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Israeli rabbis call Arabs genetically inferior, praise Hitler’s ideology

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Published: 3 May 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

US envoy Greenblatt condemns racist diatribes, at pre-army yeshiva in settlement academy, advocating Jewish supremacy and enslaving Arabs

Embracing racism, rabbis at pre-army yeshiva laud Hitler, urge enslaving Arabs (Times of Israel)
Recordings show instructors at settlement academy openly promoting Jewish supremacy; principal says Arabs want to live under Israeli occupation due to their genetic inferiority

Trump envoy Greenblatt condemns racist remarks by Israeli rabbis at pre-army yeshiva (Haaretz)
Greenblatt slams 'disgusting' remarks, which included assertions that Arabs are genetically inferior and that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's ideology was correct

ADL blasts rabbis for diatribes supporting racism, Hitler’s worldview (Times of Israel)
Jewish group calls West Bank school leaders’ remarks unconscionable, disgraceful, especially for teachers ‘educating the next generation’

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Israel's rabbis think genetic testing can 'prove' Jewishness: they're wrong (Haaretz)
The Israeli rabbinate, pushing DNA tests, has fallen into the trap of 19th century racial science: Jewishness is an identity, not a genetic construct – and it can't be measured in a lab

Photo: One of the rabbis advocating racism, Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel (Youtube)
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