“Destroy Amalek!” The Religious Origins of Zionist Genocide

[AMusee]

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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[AMusee]

A Symbol for the Enemies of Zion​

“But why should we care about a now extinct Levantine group?”

Well that’s the issue:

In traditional Judaism, Amalek ceased being restricted to an exclusive population, and has since become a general symbol of the Zionists’ enemies – which happens to include the Palestinian Muslims.

We read in Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol I, Part I:

There is, however, one category of warfare which does not require guidance of the urim ve-tumim: viz., the war against Amalek. It is usually assumed that because population shifts have occurred and ancient peoples are no longer ethnically identifiable, this mizvah cannot be fulfilled (…) R. Chaim is purported to have declared that the commandment to destroy Amalek extends not merely to genealogical descendants of that ancient people but encompasses all who embrace the ideology of Amalek and seek to annihilate the Jewish nation (…) hence, the “war of God against Amalek” continues “from generation to generation” against the professed enemies of Israel, and in our day is directed against those Arab nations which seek to eradicate the people of Israel. Since the battle against Amalek is in the nature of a continuous and ongoing war, it does not require the sanction of the urim ve-tumim.

Basically Zionists can attack Palestinian Muslims as part of their “war against Amalek,” and this can be done without the “approval” and “guidance” of rabbis.

This is why a radical Zionist mass murderer like Baruch Goldstein is still considered a hero for massacring Palestinian Muslim worshipers.

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Israel Shahak was a professor of chemistry in Israel and a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto who grew up disillusioned with Zionism. He wrote in Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years, pp. 109-110:

In addition to laws such as those mentioned so far, which are directed at all Gentiles in the Land of Israel, an even greater evil influence arises from special laws against the ancient Canaanites and other nations who lived in Palestine before its conquest by Joshua, as well as against the Amalekites. All those nations must be utterly exterminated, and the Talmud and talmudic literature reiterate the genocidal biblical exhortations with even greater vehemence. Influential rabbis, who have a considerable following among Israeli army officers, identify the Palestinians (or even all Arabs) with those ancient nations, so that commands like ‘thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth’ acquire a topical meaning.

Rabbi Reuven Firestone describes the issue in his book Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea, pp. 100-103:

The Amalekites, often referred to in the singular “Amalek” as a kind of personification of an entire tribe or people, epitomize the absolutely evil “other” in both biblical and rabbinic tradition (…) Amalek is an everlasting enemy in the Bible and turns up just as relentless and persistent in rabbinic literature.
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The rabbis associate Amalek with unredeemable evil. No other biblical enemies of Israel achieve this level, including even the Edomites and Egyptians, who tormented the Israelites greatly.
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The sages used similar exegetical tools to demonstrate that Amalek succeeded in permanently weakening the image of Israel in a predatory world, thus serving as the ultimate cause of all subsequent attacks and tragedies perpetrated against Israel by the nations (…) Amalek, therefore, although destroyed physically, lives on and becomes a metaphor for both the external and internal weakening of Israel.
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The inclination to identify Amalek as Israel’s quintessential enemy and Israel’s enemies as Amalek continues to this day. The Maharal of Prague Rabbi Judah Loew (d. 1609), considered all enemies of Israel throughout the generations of their Dispersion to be genealogical descendents of Amalek. Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk (d. 1918) declared that the commandment to destroy Amalek extends not merely to the genealogical descendents, but also to all who embrace the ideology of Amalek by trying to destroy Israel. This applies to the Arab nations seeking to destroy the people of Israel. According to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (d. 1993) in the name of his father, Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik (d. 1941), the commandment with regard to Amalek is two-fold: (1) the obligation of each individual Jew to destroy the genealogical descendants of Amalek, based on Deut. 25:19: “you shall erase the memory of Amalek,” and (2) the communal obligation of all Jews to defend the Jewish people against any enemy threatening its destruction, based on Exodus 17:16, which speaks of “the war of God against Amalek.” According to Shear Yashuv Cohen, the Chief Rabbi of Haifa, “Every nation that conspires to destroy the community of Israel becomes Amalek according to the halakhah…and Amalek exists even now after the mixing up of the nations.” Not only is Hitler accused by Jewish leaders of being Amalek, but so is Yassir Arafat and others; sometimes collectives of contemporary Palestinians, have likewise been vilified as the seed of Amalek.

Rabbi Firestone also notes that many anti-Zionist rabbis in fact consider the Zionists themselves to represent Amalek… What a plot twist!

Anyway, we can now make some sense of the Zionists’ genocidal plans:

Palestinian Muslims (and often Arabs and Muslims as a whole) having been equated with Amalek. They should be completely annihilated to the extent that they are forgotten.

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Western liberals should take these Zionists to task and demand that they “reform” their religion and remove all mention of Amalek.

https://muslimskeptic.com/2023/03/26/destroy-amalek/

 

[Khaemwaset]

A Symbol for the Enemies of Zion​

“But why should we care about a now extinct Levantine group?”

Well that’s the issue:

In traditional Judaism, Amalek ceased being restricted to an exclusive population, and has since become a general symbol of the Zionists’ enemies – which happens to include the Palestinian Muslims.

We read in Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol I, Part I:



Basically Zionists can attack Palestinian Muslims as part of their “war against Amalek,” and this can be done without the “approval” and “guidance” of rabbis.

This is why a radical Zionist mass murderer like Baruch Goldstein is still considered a hero for massacring Palestinian Muslim worshipers.

RELATED: [WATCH] Reaction to Mufti Menk’s “Explanation” of Israel Normalization Iftar

Israel Shahak was a professor of chemistry in Israel and a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto who grew up disillusioned with Zionism. He wrote in Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years, pp. 109-110:



Rabbi Reuven Firestone describes the issue in his book Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea, pp. 100-103:



Rabbi Firestone also notes that many anti-Zionist rabbis in fact consider the Zionists themselves to represent Amalek… What a plot twist!

Anyway, we can now make some sense of the Zionists’ genocidal plans:

Palestinian Muslims (and often Arabs and Muslims as a whole) having been equated with Amalek. They should be completely annihilated to the extent that they are forgotten.

RELATED: Israel Tries to Re-enact Law to Destroy Palestinian Families

Western liberals should take these Zionists to task and demand that they “reform” their religion and remove all mention of Amalek.

https://muslimskeptic.com/2023/03/26/destroy-amalek/

such a confusing religion.
I don't understand anything about Jews, only around 15 million of them in the world but they are everywhere

 

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such a confusing religion.
I don't understand anything about Jews, only around 15 million of them in the world but they are everywhere

Oy Vey! Stop that conspiracy talk Goyim!