Rabbi who lost wife, daughters in shooting attack says settler violence ‘desecrates God’s name’

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were recently killed in a terror shooting, condemns acts of settler violence in apparent retaliation for an attack last week in which four Israelis were shot dead by Palestinian terrorists.

In a Facebook post, Dee expresses his condolences to the bereaved families. He also praises a civilian who shot one of the attackers and the IDF for tracking down and killing the other.

“Now that the majority of the world’s Jewish population is living in our ancestral homeland and the state is 75 years old, 3 generations, we are here FOREVER,” writes Dee, a resident of the Efrat settlement. “And our purpose? To be a light unto the Nations.”

“Jewish violence against innocent Arabs is a Chilul Hashem which only creates darkness in the world,” he adds, using a Hebrew term that means a “desecration of God’s name.”

“Killing terrorists is humane and a Kiddush Hashem, a sanctification of God’s name. Terrorising innocent Arabs is a crime against humanity, a Chilul Hashem and cannot be atoned for in a lifetime.”