US Orthodox groups blast anti-Kerry letter


The letter sent by the Committee to Save the Land and People of Israel accuses Kerry of “declaring a war against God.”

By Sam Sokol, Jeremy Sharon

An open letter by a group of Israeli rabbis accusing US Secretary of State John Kerry of declaring a war against God for his efforts to broker an Israeli- Palestinian peace came under harsh criticism by the American Orthodox Jewish community on Thursday.

The letter, which was published by the Committee to Save the Land and People of Israel – an activist group opposed to any political accords with the Palestinians, warned that the secretary must cease such activities to avoid divine punishment.

“Your incessant efforts to expropriate integral parts of our Holy Land and hand them over to Abbas’s terrorist gang, amount to a declaration of war against the Creator and Ruler of the universe!” the rabbis wrote.

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