Former chief rabbi of Israel who called on soldiers to refuse orders dies after illness
September 28, 2007 8:15 am National Religious (Religious Zionists), Israeli Religious RightFormer chief rabbi dies after illness - Haaretz, September 28, 2007
Former chief rabbi Abraham Shapira, 96, died yesterday after an illness.
Shapira will be remembered as one of Israel’s most political chief rabbis. During the Oslo Accords, Rabbi Shapira ruled that handing over territories, even as part of a peace agreement, was against Jewish law.
He also called on soldiers to refuse orders, an instruction he reiterated many times over the years, including during the disengagement from Gaza in 2005.
He was considered the unofficial spiritual leader of the National Religious Party.