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A prominent Chabad rabbi has issued a religious decree that justifies violence against those who work with Arab political parties, prompting calls for an incitement investigation from former top security officials and left-wing politicians.

The ruling has triggered comparisons to the events preceding the 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, with security experts warning of potential repetition of such violence. Former security establishment figures have expressed serious concern about the incitement potential of the decree.

Left-wing politicians have joined the calls for a formal probe into the rabbi’s statements, citing the dangerous precedent of religious rulings that could encourage political violence in Israel’s deeply divided society.

Sources: Walla, www.israelhayom.co.il, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel