In May 2007 , he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert which suggested " that there was absolutely no moral prohibition against the indiscriminate killing of civilians during a potential massive military offensive on Gaza aimed at stopping the rocket launchings " . Shmuel Eliyahu explained that his father opposed a ground troop incursion into Gaza that would endanger IDF soldiers . Also in 2007 , in a radio interview given to Haredi radio station " Kol Haemet " on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day , when asked what was the sin of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust , he replied : " Those people were innocent , but Reform started in Germany . Those reformers of religion started in Germany , and because it is said that the wrath of God does not distinguish between the righteous and the evil ones - this was done . " In 2008 , at a service to remember the death of 8 Israeli students killed in the Mercaz HaRav massacre , he said : " Even when we seek revenge , it is important to make one thing clear – the life of one yeshiva boy is worth more than the lives of 1,000 Arabs . The Talmud states that if gentiles rob Israel of silver , they will pay it back in gold , and all that is taken will be paid back in folds , but in cases like these , there is nothing to pay back , since as I said – the life of one yeshiva boy is worth more than the lives of 1,000 Arabs "
Mercaz HaRav massacre
Mercaz HaRav massacre
Mordechai Eliyahu