People in Israel have distanced themselves from his rhetoric, such as Israeli Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli.–
“Using Halacha does not give any rabbi permission to present Judaism or Israel as bloodthirsty and revengeful. This directly harms the security of the State of Israel and like other distorted statements in the name of Halacha, it will be used by our enemies … I demand that the IDF and the Ministry of Defense stop cooperating with the Yeshiva until the rabbi is fired. The IDF must not allow such dangerous moral corruption in its ranks,” she said.