Top Shas Rabbi Warns Against Left-Wing Coalition
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Rabbi Moshe Maya, a senior Shas spiritual leader, strongly opposes joining a coalition with left-wing parties, despite ongoing negotiations. He views dialogue with some parties as acceptable but rejects a government including figures like Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv, warning it abandons tradition. Maya stated Shas cannot fulfill its mission in such a government.
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- Shas's Rabbi Moshe Maya strongly opposes joining a coalition with left-wing parties.
- Maya views a government with figures like Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv as abandoning tradition.
- He warned that joining a left-wing coalition could pose a "mortal danger."
- Maya distinguished between acceptable dialogue and forming a joint government.
- He stated Shas cannot fulfill its mission in such a coalition.
Rabbi Moshe Maya, a senior figure in the spiritual leadership of the Shas party and an elder of its Council of Torah Sages, has issued a strong condemnation of any potential political alliance with left-wing parties. This statement comes amid ongoing coalition negotiations between the "change bloc" and representatives of United Torah Judaism.
Rabbi Maya, in recent discussions reported by the Haredi website B'hadrei Haredim, drew a firm line against Shas joining a government reliant on left-wing parties. He distinguished between legitimate dialogue with figures like Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the "Yashar!" party, which he deemed acceptable for promoting unity, and forming a joint government.
He explicitly rejected serving in a government alongside individuals such as Yair Golan and MK Gilad Kariv, asserting that such a move would signify an abandonment of the faithful and traditional camp. Rabbi Maya harshly criticized the potential partnership, questioning how one could align with the left, which he characterized as representing "eaters of wild boars," over the right-wing camp that embodies Judaism and tradition. He warned that joining such a coalition could even pose a "mortal danger."
Rabbi Maya concluded by stating that, practically and ideologically, Shas could not operate within such a coalition, as it would prevent the party from fulfilling its founding purpose.
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