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Top Sephardi rabbi backs protests and attacks Shas leadership over draft pressure
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67% right-leaningFirst reported by Channel 13 · 2 days ago
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What happened
A leaked recording shows Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef backing protests over draft pressure on Torah students and criticizing the government. He also appears to rebuke Aryeh Deri and rejects IDF enlistment even for men not studying in yeshiva.
- 01Yitzhak Yosef backed protests against arrests and pressure on Torah students.
- 02He attacked the government as a right-wing cabinet imposing anti-Torah decrees.
- 03His remarks included a veiled criticism of Shas chairman Aryeh Deri.
- 04Yosef said even non-yeshiva men should not enlist in the IDF.
- 05The comments came amid a Shas-backed draft bill with enlistment targets.
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