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The King’s Torah (Hebrew: Torat HaMelech) is a 2009 book written by two Israeli rabbis, Yitzhak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur, from the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. It became highly controversial because it discusses when Jews are permitted, under Jewish law, to kill non-Jews in wartime and occupation contexts.
Here is a structured summary of its values and principles:
1. Framework of Jewish Law
The book claims to interpret halakhah (Jewish religious law) regarding warfare, security, and treatment of non-Jews.
It draws heavily on Biblical and Talmudic sources, but applies them in a modern nationalist and settler context.
2. Sanctity of Jewish Life vs. Non-Jewish Life
A central premise is that Jewish lives are of higher value than non-Jewish lives.
It asserts that protecting Jews overrides almost all other considerations.
Non-Jews, especially in the Land of Israel, are often depicted as potential threats by nature.
3. Rules on Killing Non-Jews
The book argues that:
It is permissible to kill non-Jewish civilians if they might pose a threat (even indirect or future).
In some circumstances, it permits killing children of enemies, on the reasoning that they may grow up to become threats.
Collective punishment is justified when communities are considered complicit in hostility against Jews.
It frames these permissions not as war crimes, but as lawful self-defense grounded in Jewish sources.
4. Land and People of Israel
It upholds the belief that the Land of Israel is divinely given to the Jewish people.
Non-Jews in the land are seen as outsiders or potential usurpers, unless they accept Jewish sovereignty and authority.
5. Nationalist and Messianic Values
The book is deeply influenced by religious Zionist and settler ideology.
It sees the Jewish people as engaged in an ongoing holy struggle to secure their land.
War is treated not only as political necessity, but as a religious commandment when it protects Jews and advances divine redemption.
6. Rejection of Universal Morality
The text downplays international law, human rights, or secular ethical norms.
It argues that Jewish law alone should define what is moral or immoral in warfare.
Universalist ethics (e.g., “all human life is equal”) are rejected as non-Jewish values that should not constrain Jewish action.
7. Practical Application
Although framed as theoretical halakhic study, the context of its writing—in a radical West Bank settlement—implies application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Its logic provides religious justification for military force, settler violence, and expansionist policies.
In sum: The King’s Torah espouses exclusivist, ethnonationalist, and militant principles. It values Jewish life above all, permits killing non-Jews (including civilians and children) if they are perceived as threats, and justifies war and settlement expansion as religious obligations. It rejects universal ethics in favor of a particularist halakhic framework tied to Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel.Raymond Parnell
Then don't threaten them . In Islamic scripture no threat is needed fighting against them in the Islamic perspective is anyone that refuses to convert Anyone that questions them. That's the side your on . So go be a good little dhimmi. You can watch as they rape your daughters and sisters kill your brother's uncles and sons then you. Your a fkn ignorant clown .
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