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In the memorable words of American poet Robert Frost: “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” Perhaps. But a wall may be necessary for safety and, indeed, for the preservation of life.
The shining example of a necessary wall, although one that has been incessantly castigated by Israel’s critics near and far, is its security barrier. As Palestinian terrorist attacks began to multiply during the 1990s Prime Ministers on both sides of the political divide strongly supported it. The initiative came from Yitzhak Rabin following the murder of a teenage Israeli girl in Jerusalem. As he sharply stated: Israel must “take Gaza out of Tel Aviv.” Following waves of Palestinia
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Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau has called for a fast day this Thursday in both Israel and the Diaspora in response to the coronavirus crisis, Arutz Sheva reported.
Rabbi Lau’s office said that the Chief Rabbi had consulted this morning with Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky
shlit”a and received his approval for declaring a fast day. The office also announced that tefillah led by Rabbi Lau is scheduled for Thursday at Kever Rachel, the eighth of Shevat, at 4 p.m. Israel time, to be broadcast live.