Is it permissible for a Palestinian Muslim to kill a disbeliever in Palestine?

The questioner : Today, our people in Palestine are in a state of continuous conflict with the Jews. Is it permissible, according to the Shari'ah, if one of us catches a Jew, for him to kill him?

The Shaykh : Is it permissible to do what?

The questioner : It is permissible to kill him.

The Shaykh : Is it permissible to kill a Jew? Yes, kill him. Here or there?

The questioner : There.

The Shaykh : There, my brother. You do not see that when a Jew is killed, a large number of Muslims are killed in return? Have you not seen this? Are the dead from the Muslims more or from the Jews?

The questioner : From the Muslims, but these things are necessary so that we instill fear in their hearts and frighten them.

The Shaykh : No, it is not necessary to do it this way.

The questioner : Until when, I mean?

The Shaykh : It is not necessary to do it this way. As Sa'd said, and Sa'd was wrapped in his cloak, "This is not, O Sa'd, how you drive in the camels." Imagine, if the situation remains like this, what will be the result? The Muslims are watching, and the Palestinians are being slaughtered. What will be the result? A Jew is killed and ten Palestinians are killed in return, and thousands are imprisoned. What will be the result? Will it be a victory over the Jews? This is not the way. In truth, the Muslims have now taken the wrong path regarding jihad. Jihad begins with the jihad of the self, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . I am not referring to the famous hadith on people's tongues, , which is a weak hadith, but the authentic hadith that suffices for it is his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: .