He Ru Follow us: Make a7 your Homepage
      Free Daily Israel Report
      Archive: 11/27/2009
      YouReport, Send us News & updates
      14:38
      Reported

      News Brief

        11/27/2009, Kislev 10, 5770

      Rabbi Metzger: I did Not Call Deal Foes Irresponsible


      Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yonah Metzger rejected on Friday media reports from the last few days in which he is accused of calling rabbis "irresponsible" for their opposition to a deal to release abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Interviewed by Arutz Sheva, Rabbi Metzger said he merely expressed wonder at halachic (Jewish legal) declarations being made without all the details of the deal being known.

      The rabbi said that even after he is advised of all the details, including the projected risk of specific security prisoners among the hundreds to be released, he will meet with the "greats of the generation," before making his decision as to the acceptibility of the deal under Jewish law.