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Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Shas Chairman Deri Accuses Left-Wing Funders of Undermining Ultra-Orthodox Leadership

Shas leader Aryeh Deri accused left-wing groups of funding a campaign to suppress ultra-Orthodox voter turnout by sowing distrust between rabbis and their community.

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Shas Chairman Deri Accuses Left-Wing Funders of Undermining Ultra-Orthodox Leadership
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What happened

  1. 01Aryeh Deri accuses left-wing funders of suppressing ultra-Orthodox voting.
  2. 02Leftist money allegedly recruited collaborators to secretly record ultra-Orthodox rabbis.
  3. 03The campaign aims to break trust between rabbis and their community.
  4. 04Deri claims the goal is to discourage ultra-Orthodox voter turnout.
  5. 05He describes the effort as a left-liberal attempt to secularize Israel and weaken the religious right.
  6. 06Deri states his accusations are based on verified facts and names involved.

He claims collaborators within the ultra-Orthodox public secretly recorded rabbis to undermine their authority, aiming to weaken the religious political bloc.

Translated and summarized by baba from Kikar HaShabbat, the latest report. Read Kikar HaShabbat’s original

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