The Law and the Prophets

Religious fervour is not necessarily incompatible with participating in genocide, according to the Israeli supreme court. The ruling, which specifies that would-be experts in Bronze Age textual criticism have no legal or constitutional exemption from the sacred duty of Arab-bagging, may portend further difficulties for the Netanyahoo, whose retention of office depends on the support of far-right Orthodox lunatics. Oddly enough for someone professing obedience to the Inspirer of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus, at least one true believer has already made clear that his faction may respond to attempts at conscription by picking up what marbles they have and flouncing out of the coalition. Even at current Gazan odds of fifty-eight Palestinian Untermenschen to each defender of the Righteous State, it would certainly be deplorable if the godly should have to endure the risk of meeting their Maker prematurely.