11:18 AM
Gil Student
Former Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira instructs his students who are soldiers not to fulfill orders to uproot Jews from their homes... Rabbi Shlomo Aviner of Beit El, another leading rabbi of the same sector, recently delivered the opposite ruling...UPDATE:
Refusing of orders by an Israeli soldier is a matter of national Pikuach Nefesh...
If today we refuse orders, tomorrow others will refuse to protect our homes and institutions!...
No soldier or group of soldiers can prevent the evacuation by refusing orders. They will simply be put in jail and someone else will do the evil deed. It is the State that is committing the sin, not the individuals. Those individuals who refuse will be left with the mortal sin of "weakening the hands of the military" without the benefit of having accomplished any Mitzva.
From Wed. Oct. 20th Ha'aretz (thanks to Shmarya):
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, the rabbi of Beit El and head of the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, yesterday said he continues to vehemently oppose military refusal and soldiers should not refuse orders to evacuate settlements.
