Prominent Rabbi Signals Haredi Flexibility on Government Coalitions
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
A prominent Sephardic rabbi, Shlomo Yedidya Zafraani, signaled potential Haredi flexibility in forming government coalitions, stating Haredi parties are not tied to the right or left. He suggested cooperation with anti-Netanyahu blocs if they guarantee the status of yeshiva students and prevent their conscription. His comments follow internal discussions within Haredi parties about joining an alternative government.
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- Rabbi Shlomo Yedidya Zafraani indicated Haredi parties are open to non-right-wing government coalitions.
- He stated Haredi parties are not automatically aligned with the right or left blocs.
- Rabbi Zafraani described both political camps as "carrion and treif" from a Haredi perspective.
- His remarks suggest potential cooperation with anti-Netanyahu blocs.
- This flexibility is linked to guarantees for yeshiva students' status and conscription.
- The comments follow internal discussions within Haredi parties like Shas.
Rabbi Shlomo Yedidya Zafraani, a leading Sephardic rabbi and president of the "Amalei HaTorah" network, indicated that Haredi parties are not automatically bound to any specific political bloc. Speaking in Jerusalem over the past Shabbat, he suggested a potential for political cooperation with anti-Netanyahu blocs and the formation of a center-left government.
During a sermon in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood, Rabbi Zafraani stated, "We are not in the right bloc nor in the left bloc, we are together with the holy Torah." He sharply criticized both political camps, describing them from the Haredi perspective as "carrion and treif," and supported his stance with scriptural examples of failures by groups that did not follow spiritual leadership.
Rabbi Zafraani's remarks come amid internal discussions within the Sephardic Haredi party Shas and other Haredi parties regarding the possibility of joining an alternative government. Such a move would be contingent on guarantees for the status of yeshiva students and the prevention of their conscription into the military.
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