Yisrael Ariel

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Rabbi Yisrael Ariel or Israel Ariel (Hebrew: ישראל אריאל; born 15/8/1939) is the founder of the Temple Institute and a former chief rabbi of Yamit, [one] of the largest Jewish settlements in the Sinai Peninsula, when it used to be occupied by the state of Israel since the Six-Day War.

Biography

As of 2006, aside from being the head of the Temple Institute, he is also involved in an attempt to revive the Sanhedrin.

Views

In 2015, he described Jewish religious terrorist suspects who were banned from entering the West Bank due to vandalism, as praiseworthy.

He also criticized gay people who walked on the Temple Mount, and suggested that some earthquakes were divine retribution from God as a result of gay people walking on the mount.

See also

• The Temple Institute, a far-right Jewish-fundamentalist organization involved in attempts to construct a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount.

References

1. ↑ "חידוש הסנהדרין: הכישלונות והתקוות". 11 June 2019.
2. ↑ Sharon, Jeremy (25 August 2015). "Far-right rabbinical group pens letter calling Jewish terror suspects 'praiseworthy'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
3. ↑ Toker, Benny (12 July 2018). "Rabbi Ariel: Keep LGBTers off Temple Mount". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

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