Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu’s comments prompt a fierce backlash; critics call his remarks immoral, dangerous, and damaging to Israel’s global standing
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu’s comments prompt a fierce backlash; critics call his remarks immoral, dangerous, and damaging to Israel’s global standing
Deut 20:16 But in the towns of these peoples, which YHWH your God is giving you as a heritage, you shall not let a soul remain alive. 20:17 No, you must proscribe them—the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites—as YHWH your God has commanded you.