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An Israeli rabbi has sparked fears of political assassination after invoking a Jewish religious doctrine permitting lethal force against politicians who support the participation of Palestinian parties in a future Israeli government.

Rabbi Gedalia Axelrod, a former head of Haifa's rabbinical court and a prominent figure in the city's Chabad community, issued a religious ruling declaring that Jewish party leaders who facilitate a government supported by Palestinian parties are subject to "din rodef", or the "law of the pursuer".

The doctrine, which can permit the killing of a person deemed to pose an immediate threat to others, was invoked by Yigal Amir to justify his assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.

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[-] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 14 minutes ago)

I hope Iran holds off on their missile strikes so Israel has a chance to immolate itself--a much more satisfying end for an impossibly flawed and hopelessly evil project.

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