Shas Chairman Deri Slams Bennett, Attributes Dubai Plane Miracle to Torah Scholars
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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- Shas Chairman Deri called a Dubai plane emergency landing a "great miracle."
- Deri criticized former PM Bennett for attributing the event to "heroism" alone.
- Deri stated the miracle was due to the merit of Torah scholars.
- Over 170 Israelis, including children, were on the plane that faced disaster.
- Deri rejected conventional explanations, citing the plane's severe damage.
Arieh Deri, chairman of the Shas Party and a Knesset member, sharply criticized former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday, reacting to Bennett's comments about a dramatic emergency landing of a plane from Dubai. Speaking at his sukkah, Deri addressed the "great miracle" that occurred when a plane carrying over 170 Israelis, including dozens of children, narrowly avoided disaster.
Deri condemned attempts to attribute the rescue solely to "heroism," stating, "I heard yesterday that someone who pretends to be prime minister, insolent and audacious, said that what happened yesterday in Dubai was not a miracle, it was heroism." He asserted that the survival was a "clear, clean, enormous, great miracle" due to divine intervention and the merit of Torah scholars protecting the Jewish people.
He recounted the intense fear surrounding the incident, emphasizing the near-impossibility of the plane's survival, especially with its tail having fallen off. "All the airplane experts say there is no way in the world this plane remained intact," Deri stated, attributing the improbable chain of events to God.
Deri further argued that conventional security systems were not involved, noting the absence of intelligence, Mossad, or Shin Bet operatives on board, and that the British pilots were not supposed to be on the flight. He also referenced a previous incident where Bennett faced an assault at a Bnei Brak restaurant, for which a suspect was indicted.
Concluding his remarks, Deri linked the miraculous survival to the importance of strengthening faith and supporting Torah study, suggesting that the "great miracle" was a direct result of the merit of Torah learners and the faith of the Jewish people.
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