When we look at the way Zionists treat Palestinian Muslims we’re shocked at the inhuman level of gratuitous hatred.
What could possibly breed such a venomous attitude towards innocent unarmed civilians?
Well, it seems like it actually stems from the Bible and its rabbinical understanding.
The Biblical and Rabbinical Roots
The Amalekites were a nation, or a collection of tribes, which fought the Israelites like many other surrounding pagan populations.But Amalekites were known to be particularly vicious in their idolatry and their hatred for Israelites was apparently due to their hatred for monotheism. This is despite reading in the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael 17:1:1 or 18th-century Moroccan rabbi Chaim ibn Attar’s commentary on the Torah which describe it as a punishment of sorts for the Jews. A punishment for having abandoned the study of their scriptures; for their “sin and transgression.” And not so much as a consequence of their monotheism or piety.
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Both groups fought each other ferociously over the generations, and the Bible condemned the Amalekites vehemently because they became a sort of “archenemy” and eternal foe to the Israelites.
We thus read in Exodus 17:14:
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”
Also in Deuteronomy 25:17-19:
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
The hate for the Amalekites is so persistent in traditional Judaism that, of the 613 mitzvot (religious duties of a Jew), three of them (598-600) are dedicated to perpetuate this visceral imperative to destroy the Amalekites.
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In the rabbinical texts we find numerous calls for the annihilation of Amalek as well.
Take the Sefer ha-Chinuch 604:
To blot out his seed from the world: That we were commanded to blot out the seed of Amalek and to destroy his memory from the world – male and female, old and young. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 25:19), “you shall blot out the memory (zekher) of Amalek” – as all are included in “the memory.”
We could enumerate the rabbinical injunctions on this matter, but this specific part about women and children is extremely revealing.
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