Ceding Territory of the Land of Israel in Order to Save Lives

Ovadia Yosef

1989

[…] The question is merely theoretical today. There is, at present, no negotiating partner, as the Arabs are demanding the return of the entire Land of Israel, including Jerusalem, to which all the army commanders and statesmen are opposed. The verse, “I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war” (Ps. 120.7), describes this situation.

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Ovadia Yosef

1920–2013

Born in Iraq, Ovadia Yosef came to pre-statehood Israel at age four. He served as the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983. Ovadia Yosef was the spiritual leader of the Shas movement, and is considered one of the greatest contemporary poskim (commentators and interpreters of Jewish religious law). In 1970 he was awarded the Israel Prize for Torah

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