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Rabbi Eliyahu: "Treating terrorists in an Israeli hospital ?! Eliminate them" | Israel today

2022-05-19T13:34:00.693Z


"Every terrorist must be killed when he commits an attack, it is the duty of the soldiers, it is the duty of the doctors and it is the duty of the nurses," says Rabbi Eliyahu. This is what Halacha has to say about it


At the beginning of the week, Daoud Zabeidi, the brother of the terrorist Zakaria Zabeidi, who was wounded in the exchange of fire in Jenin with IDF and IDF forces last weekend, died at an Israeli hospital.

Zbeidi was mortally wounded by our forces during the raid on a house where wanted persons were staying.

The wounded terrorist was initially hospitalized in a hospital in Jenin, but was transferred to Israel for treatment at the request of the Palestinians, after, according to them, in the absence of treatment in an Israeli hospital, the terrorist would die from his wounds.

The hospital's request was approved and Zabeidi was transferred to Rambam Hospital in Haifa for treatment.

Should Israel agree to accept wounded terrorists in its hospitals?

Should the wounded terrorist be treated first, if his medical condition is more severe?

Should special efforts be made when treating a terrorist or should only the minimum required and no more be done? - Rabbi Yuval Sherlow, head of the ethics department at Tzohar, states that "the principle of priority in medical treatment is part of the accepted medical worldview, If the treatment of the terrorist comes at the expense of treating the victims, there is no question. Treating them first before treating him, even if they are lightly injured and he is seriously injured. "In my opinion, the medical world has gone a few steps too far. I understand and identify with the desire that the medical system will not become a judicial system, but that too has a limit. It is impossible to treat the offender before treating the victim."

Things get less sharp when the treatment of the terrorist does not come at the expense of treating the innocent victims.

"When there is no conflict between the benefit of the injured and the benefit of the offender," notes Rabbi Sherlow.

"In the question of treating the worst in human beings, two types of considerations arise that are relevant to the question of why terrorists should be treated. First, the utilitarian consideration: the State of Israel may benefit greatly from treating terrorists, for example for intelligence purposes. Second, systemic consideration Of the terrorist, and not because the bastard terrorist deserves something, but because the punishment should be in the hands of the defense and justice system and not in the hands of the doctors. But by virtue of utilitarian-practical considerations. "

Still, even treating a wounded terrorist like Zbeidi has a limit.

"The terrorist should be given the basic treatment," says Rabbi Sherlow, "but not given extraordinary and heroic treatments such as organ transplants. This is understandable even if the medical staff do not overdo it in favor of the terrorist. All this, of course, when it is clear that he is a terrorist. "When in doubt, the wounded must be treated with all the tools at hand, so that God forbid we do not bring about the death of an innocent person by default."

IDF forces in the Jenin refugee camp,

But sometimes successful medical treatment of terrorists has devastating consequences.

For example, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, owed his life to Israeli doctors.

When Sinwar was imprisoned in Israel, after being convicted of murdering Palestinians he suspected of aiding Israel, a brain tumor was discovered in him.

The operation that saved his life was performed by Israeli doctors.

Sinwar was later released in the Shalit deal, and today he is threatening Israel with thousands of rockets, terrorist tunnels and units of flying ATVs.

The danger posed by terrorists, senior or junior, is the reason why Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, a member of the Chief Rabbinical Council and rabbi of the city of Safed, believes that soldiers, police and medical staff should ensure that terrorists do not survive an attempted attack.

"A terrorist is a mortal. This is not my personal opinion, but the opinion of the Torah, and it is also a world convention. These are humiliating murderers, and yet 48 times the State of Israel has released terrorists, including hundreds who have blood on their hands, murderers who murdered with terrible cruelty. A terrorist who died in old age prison, some died of disease, but no one died of old age. The State of Israel, "said Rabbi Eliyahu.

"Therefore, it is obligatory to make every terrorist die when he commits an attack, it is obligatory for the soldiers, it is obligatory for the doctors and it is obligatory for the nurses. Of course, this must be done within the law, but the law is flexible. Do what they want. When you want, the law is flexible, and if the law is flexible, then it should be flexible in this area as well, and it is the duty of every soldier and every citizen to make sure that a terrorist does not come out alive from an incident. How? "Over twenty percent return to terrorism after they are released, and even when they are in prison, they continue to engage in terrorism and direct terrorism."

"If the State of Israel acts irresponsibly and releases terrorists, we citizens must take responsibility. It is a question of mental supervision. Everyone understands that if we have to travel in red to save lives, then we will drive in red, because to save lives it is also allowed to break the law."

And what about the claim that a living terrorist has intelligence value?

By interrogating him one can save the lives of others.

"This is a weak claim, a worthless excuse, since the damage caused by a terrorist surviving, imprisoned and finally being released is the greatest damage. Over the years, thousands of terrorists have been released from prison on various excuses, including many hundreds of murderers, each of whom poses a huge danger, so citizens should say: "Every soldier, every citizen and every medical person should know: if a terrorist falls into your hands, you must find the section in the law that will result in this terrorist not coming out alive in the end."

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Source: israelhayom

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