That'll Fix 'Em

St. Paul rabbi's comments set off storm of protest

"Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children," St. Paul Rabbi Manis Friedman wrote about Arabs. He says the quote was misleading.

By JEFF STRICKLER, Star Tribune

Last update: June 3, 2009 - 11:19 PM

A St. Paul rabbi ignited a tidal wave of protest Wednesday when he was quoted in a Jewish magazine as advocating the killing of Arabs.

"Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children," wrote Rabbi Manis Friedman of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. "With their holy sites destroyed, they will stop believing that God is on their side."

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The headline over the statements says: "How should Jews treat their Arab neighbors?" Friedman insisted that the question presented to him was: "How should we act, in a time of war, when our neighbors attack us, using their women, children and religious holy places as shields?"
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