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Rabbi's Comments Condemned Ahead of Talks


(Euronews) - The Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has distanced himself from comments by a senior rabbi who called on God to strike down the country's enemies with the plague. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas party said the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, and others should "disappear from the earth." The Israeli prime minister said his government wanted peace with the Palestinians. The U.S. State Department described the remarks as "inflammatory" and "deeply offensive."
2010-08-30 07:57:34
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