A group of Orthodox rabbis in Israel is planning to renew a religious ruling banning the exchange of land for peace. “Giving up lands where Jews live” will create “a risk to the lives of those Jews,” Rabbi David Druckman, a member of a group known as Pikuach Nefesh, or Saving Lives, said Tuesday. He said the ruling will be similar to one issued when the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to hand over portions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinians. Rabin assassin Yigal Amir refused during his trial to express regret for his actions, saying they were justified by Jewish law.
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