Thursday, September 25, 2008

Rabbi Froman of Tekoa

Rabbi Menachem Froman is Chief Rabbi of Tekoa in the Judean Hills, on the West Bank. Froman is politically atypical in that he does not avoid his Arab neighbors: he seeks them out and engages in dialog.

In February 2008 Rabbi Froman and his friend Khaled Amayreh drafted a cease-fire proposal between Israel and Hamas. They submitted the document (which stipulates the release of Gilad Shalit, an abducted Israeli soldier) to the Israel cabinet and to the Gaza Strip-based Hamas leadership.

He recorded the two videos: the first one, below.



View Video Part 2.
Read, "W. Bank rabbi, Hamas supporter draft Hamas-Israel truce deal" by Haaretz staff and Channel 10.

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