Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira in court on January 20, 2010. The head rabbi of a prominent yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar was arrested Monday for writing a book that encourages the killing of non-Jews. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is the author of the book “The King’s Torah,” which deems as legal, according to “Jewish law,” the killing of non-Jews. Police began investigating... 

JERUSALEM – A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel. “It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement in the...