Shas Party Accuses Kaplan Protestors of Funding Violent Demonstrations
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
The Shas party has disavowed recent violent protests in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, accusing the Kaplan protest movement and extremist elements of funding and orchestrating them. Shas claims the Attorney General is behind the arrests of yeshiva students to disrupt the right-wing bloc. The Committee to Save the World of Torah denied these claims, stating their independent efforts are solely to protect Torah scholars from conscription.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Shas party accused Kaplan protestors and extremists of funding violent demonstrations.
- The party claimed the Attorney General is interfering in elections by arresting yeshiva students.
- Shas urged the Haredi public not to be influenced by the Attorney General or Kaplan's funding.
- The Committee to Save the World of Torah denied Shas's accusations.
- The Committee stated their efforts are independent and solely for Torah scholars' welfare.
The Shas party issued a rare public statement Thursday disavowing recent violent protests in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. The Haredi party claimed that individuals associated with the Kaplan protest movement, along with extremist elements, are behind the demonstrations. Shas alleged that the "proactive and painful arrests of yeshiva students during this period, and the chaos we are now seeing on Israel's roads, are the work of the Attorney General, with the aim of fragmenting the right-wing bloc, making the Haredi public hateful, and causing parts of it to refrain from voting. This is a blatant and unprecedented intervention by the justice system and elements in the military police in the elections."
According to the information Shas possesses, the party stated, the Kaplan protest movement is funding the demonstrations, joined by extremist groups orchestrating violent and life-threatening protests. Shas emphasized that these actions do not represent the Haredi public, cause terrible desecration of God's name, and severely damage the struggle to regulate the status of Torah scholars. The party urged the Haredi public not to let the Attorney General and "Kaplan's money" disrupt their community or allow them to succeed.
The Committee to Save the World of Torah responded to Shas's campaign, stating, "Neither left nor Kaplan. A God-fearing public is leading the struggle to save the world of Torah alone, with effective organizations that truly care for the welfare and protection of yeshiva students and Sephardic and Ashkenazi kollel members, with independent funding and without political calculations. Only for the sake of Heaven, and only to save the world of Torah from the harsh conscription decree."
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