Shas Chairman Deri: "Parents Fear Sons Will Be Arrested for Torah Study"
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
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- Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri fears yeshiva students may be arrested for studying Torah.
- Deri vowed Shas will not join any government before Torah scholars' status is resolved.
- Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef warned against a left-wing government.
- Rabbi Yosef stated Gadi Eisenkot is unfit to be prime minister.
- A senior Shas official framed the issue as a battle against an enemy.
Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri expressed deep concern over the potential arrest of yeshiva students, stating in the party's publication that "entire families have been living for a long time in uncertainty and anxiety." He elaborated, "Fathers and mothers send their sons to yeshiva in the morning, and fear that the day will come when he will be arrested and thrown into prison simply because he chose to sit and study Torah." Deri also declared that Shas would not join any government until the status of Torah scholars is resolved.
In the same publication, Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was quoted criticizing Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett. "We must examine the alternative before us, a left-wing government is a danger to Judaism," he stated, adding, "Eisenkot cannot be prime minister."
Further illustrating Shas's hardening stance, Rabbi Salem, a senior figure in the Shas Council, remarked, "The war for the world of Torah is not between parties, but rather to stand together against the enemy."
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