ABSTRACT
Dov Lior is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi from the community of religious Zionists. He currently serves as Chief Rabbi of Hebron and Kiryat Arba and also leads the ‘Rabbinic Council of Judea and Samaria’. He is a significant figure in the contemporary settler community in the West Bank and is known for his uncompromising and often extreme positions not only against Palestinians, but also against any signs of compromise on the part of the Israeli government. Lior is accused of disseminating racist attitudes and supporting Jewish extremism, among other things. He is known for various controversial halachical decisions – e.g. he was behind the decision that justified the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
