Rabbi David Yosef, Israel’s Chief Sephardi Rabbi: “May the Holy One, blessed be He, destroy all of Gaza... (Palestinians) are not a people and have no rights here. The rights are ours... This is a people built, together with Iran, on the sanctity of murder... The meaning of redemption is that the Land of Israel will belong to us again, all of the Land of Israel... Gaza is ours, Nablus is ours, Jenin is ours; they all belong to us...”
Yosef, one of the two highest official religious authorities in Israel, said this during an event last Thursday at the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem, dedicated to commemorating the so-called “expulsion” of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip settlements in 2005.
David Yosef is the brother of former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and the son of former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who was one of the most influential religious figures in Israel since its establishment. All three have shared and expressed the same views regarding Palestine and Palestinians, views firmly based in the Jewish religion.
Note: unlike a previous subtitled version of this video circulating online, this version includes a full accurate translation. I also added an excerpt not found in the original video.
