Here is the operation (so obvious now):
"Intruders break into church in Jerusalem, set it ablaze" By Regan E. Doherty/Associated Press October 25, 2007
JERUSALEM - Arsonists burst into a Jerusalem church and set the building on fire, church officials said yesterday, raising suspicions that Jewish extremists were behind the attack.
[Makes you start putting ALL church burnings into context now, huh?
CUI BONO?]
The church in west Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood was rebuilt after it was burned down 25 years ago by ultra-Orthodox Jewish extremists.
Members of the four denominations who use it today include foreign workers, Sudanese refugees who came to Israel through Egypt, and two congregations of highly controversial "Jews for Jesus" who believe that Jesus Christ was the Jewish Messiah.
While Messianic Jews are unpopular in Israel, some extremist Jews who fear missionary activity also believe Christians should not have an official presence in Jerusalem.
The arsonists broke into the building late Tuesday, setting it afire in three different places. The floor was severely charred and many chairs were burned. No one was in the building at the time.
No holy books were damaged in the fire, said Joseph Broom, the business services manager."
[Now why would ultra-Orthodox do this?
It doesn't make any sense, especially when Zionists torch the Neturei Karta synagogues here.
And remember, these are Zionist papers telling you this story!
Pfffftttt!
Then I found my answer!
Here is the WHY:
"Israel’s Top Court Backs Loophole in Farming Law" by STEVEN ERLANGER
JERUSALEM, Oct. 24 — The Israeli Supreme Court stepped into a religious dispute on Wednesday, ordering the chief rabbinate not to allow local rabbis to decide for themselves whether to authorize produce from Jewish land to be sold during this sabbatical year.
The case centered on a loophole in religious law used to allow Jewish-owned farms to grow and sell kosher produce every seventh year, when the Bible says that Jewish land in Israel should be left fallow. The Biblical injunction about the sabbatical, or “shmita” year, is taken literally by many ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, who refuse to buy or consume produce unless it is grown by non-Jews on land not owned by Jews.
[It's ALL ABOUT LAND!!!!!!!
Imagine my SHOCK!!!
So the NaZionists burned a church down and are FRAMING the ultra-Orthodoxs -- because of LAND!!!!!!]
In the past, the chief rabbinate, which controls kosher regulations in Israel, accepted a compromise or loophole called “heter mechira,” or sale permit. The permit allows Jewish farmers and businesses to “sell” their land formally and temporarily to non-Jews during shmita years, enabling the land to be worked as usual.
But with the increased influence of ultra-Orthodox Jews on the chief rabbinate, this year the policy changed. The rabbinate authorized heter mechira, as in the past, but then said that local rabbinical councils could decide for themselves whether to accept it.
In cities like Jerusalem, where the ultra-Orthodox make up almost a third of the total population, and a much larger proportion of the Jewish population, heter mechira was not allowed, and prices for produce were rising while Jewish agribusiness was suffering.
Tzohar, a group of Zionist Orthodox rabbis, had challenged the ruling and said that its members would authorize heter mechira produce in cities where the local rabbis would not, an obvious threat to the authority of the chief rabbinate.
[Getting a CLUE now, readers?]
In its ruling on Wednesday, the court said the chief rabbinate would not be allowed to provide local autonomy to rabbis because such a practice could cause significant harm to Israel’s farmers and the public at large.
Reaction was along religious more than party lines, with modern Orthodox groups favoring the decision.
[NaZionists!]
Rabbi Michael Melchior, a legislator and modern Orthodox rabbi, told the newspaper Haaretz that the court ruling thwarted “haredi coercion.” Haredi is a Hebrew word for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Shalom Simhon, the agriculture minister, called the ruling “a victory for sanity.”
Zevulun Orlev, leader of the National Religious Party, praised the ruling and said the rabbinate “had surrendered to the methods of the ultra-Orthodox and sinned against its government and the soil beneath its feet.”
[Oh, yeah, I'm GETTING IT ALL NOW!!!!!!!!!
Aren't you, too, reader?!]
The chief rabbinate had no immediate comment, but ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are expected to continue to shun produce that is not approved by their rabbis.
[Such GOOD JEWS!!!!!!]
On Tuesday, Daniel Friedmann, the justice minister, said he would oppose the adoption of an Israeli constitution that prohibited the Supreme Court from ruling on conflicts between the state and religion. Israel has no constitution and has been debating whether to adopt one.
[And yet, it is a STATE? WTF?
Notice the Times didn't mention the church-burning, readers?
Just one more sign of stink!]
