Yisrael Ariel was an Israeli rabbi, founder of the Temple Institute, and chief rabbi of the evacuated Sinai settlement of Yamit. Through 2020 the opening said he described Jewish religious terrorism suspects who were banned from entering the West Bank due to vandalism as praiseworthy. Today the opening says nothing of it, though the fact survives four times in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn that this rabbi praised suspects banned for religious terrorism.
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Yisrael Ariel ( ישראל אריאל , born Yisrael Stieglitz in 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute ( Machon HaMikdash ). His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel , served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and later was the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan . Ariel is a graduate of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva . As a young man, Ariel served in the Paratroopers Brigade unit that captured the Temple Mount in the Six-Day War . As of 2006, aside from being the head of the Temple Institute, he is also involved in an attempt to revive the Sanhedrin . Ariel urges that the Pesach sacrificial service on the Temple Mount should be resumed, and that the Temple should be rebuilt as soon as possible. In December 2006, he was briefly arrested and interrogated by Israeli police after confronting General Elazar Stern , before being released. In 2015, he described Jewish religious terrorism suspects who were banned from entering the West Bank due to vandalism, as praiseworthy.1
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Rabbi Yisrael Ariel was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai desert during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel. His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel , served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and is currently the chief rabbi of the city of Ramat Gan. Rabbi Ariel is the founder of the Temple Institute ( Machon HaMikdash ). As a young man, he served in the paratroop unit that liberated the Western Wall ( kotel ) in the Six-Day War . Kach was a religious and nationalist Jewish group originally led by Rabbi Kahane who was assassinated by Egyptian terrorist El Sayyid Nosair and hopes to transfer Arabs from the land of Israel. Rabbi Kahane had a seat in the Knesset on the Kach list from 1984-1988 before it was banned. As of 2006, aside from being the head of the Temple Institute, he is also involved in an attempt to revive the Sanhedrin . Rabbi Ariel maintains that the Pesach sacrificial service on the Temple Mount should be resumed as soon as possible, and that there are no reasons not to do so and that the Temple should be built ASAP. In December 2006, he was briefly arrested and interrogated by Israeli police after confronting General Elazar Stern , before being released.
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Rabbi Ariel Rabbi Yisrael Ariel (born 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute ( Machon HaMikdash ). His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel , served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and is currently the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan . Ariel is a graduate of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva .As a young man, Ariel served in the Paratroopers Brigade unit that captured the Western Wall ( kotel ) in the Six-Day War . As of 2006, aside from being the head of the Temple Institute, he is also involved in an attempt to revive the Sanhedrin . Ariel urges that the Pesach sacrificial service on the Temple Mount should be resumed, and that the Temple should be rebuilt as soon as possible. In December 2006, he was briefly arrested and interrogated by Israeli police after confronting General Elazar Stern , before being released. The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . 13 (4): 43– 60.
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Israeli rabbi (born 1939) Rabbi Yisrael Ariel ( ישראל אריאל , born Yisrael Stieglitz 15 August 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute ( Machon HaMikdash ). His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel , served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and later was the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan .
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Israeli rabbi (born 1939) Rabbi Yisrael Ariel ( Hebrew : ישראל אריאל ; born Yisrael Stieglitz 15 August 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute ( Machon HaMikdash ). His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel , served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and later became the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan .
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