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Bereaved Father Rebukes Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Over Trump, Draft Row
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · Jun 20, 2026
What happened
Bereaved father Hagai Lober attacked Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef after Yosef blamed Donald Trump’s worsening attitude toward Israel on arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders. Lober accused opponents of military service of ignoring the war’s human cost, while Yosef defended yeshiva exemptions and blamed the attorney general.
- 01Hagai Lober condemned Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s claim about Trump and draft arrests.
- 02Lober accused draft opponents of ignoring the war’s burden for two and a half years.
- 03He asked the ultra-Orthodox public, “Where is common sense, is this Torah?”
- 04Yosef said yeshiva exemptions date back to Ben-Gurion and “the Torah protects us.”
- 05Yosef blamed Trump’s shift on pressure against yeshiva students and the attorney general.
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Arutz ShevaRight · HebrewJun 21, 2026
Bereaved Father Rebukes Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Over Trump, Draft Row
YnetCenter · HebrewJun 20, 2026
Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Links Trump’s Shift on Israel to Draft Efforts Against Yeshiva Students
Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewJun 20, 2026
Chief Rabbi blasts attorney general, links Trump’s shift to pressure on Torah students
WallaCenter · HebrewJun 20, 2026
Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Blames Trump’s Shift on Draft Efforts Against Yeshiva Students
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