Israeli police are recommending that a case against a key rabbi be closed over ‘genocidal’ remarks he made in March when saying that Jewish religious law requires the killing of everyone in Gaza, including babies and the elderly. The case was opened following a complaint that Rabbi Eliyahu Mali’s remarks constituted incitement, while a final decision to close the case is up to the prosecutor’s office. Mali is the founder of a ‘hesder’ yeshiva, an Orthodox Jewish seminary that combines religious study with army service. He made the comments during a yeshiva conference on 7 March, where he was d…