more interesting though than what he actually says about Deri is what it means in all its forms. The fact that the video exists, was recorded possibly without his knowledge, the clips that are being released in which he expresses the opposite opinions, that there are opposite clips that were also recorded, what it shows about how these askanim and rabbonim function where basically the rabbonim are forced or pressured to do and say what the askanim want. So, after saying all this, did Rav Ovadia really bring Deri back because he loves him so much and wanted to return the deposit to him or was he pressured to with threats? Did he say this because this is how he really felt or was he pressured to by Yishai? When he said the opposite was he pressured by someone?
If this is really a glimpse at the "behind the scenes" of how the rabbonim and askanim make their decisions, it is really sad.
and, as my friend Dani Waxman tweeted out today,
The most shocking part of the Shas tapes is that at about 7.5 minutes in there is a clear sound of a ringing iPhone.
— daniwaxman (@daniwaxman) December 29, 2014
He refers not to the clip above, but the one at http://www.kikar.co.il/159834.
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It's a glimpse behind the scenes to show that the ONLY thing that matters is votes.
ReplyDeleteRav Ovadia's objection to Deri was not that he was a ganav, but that having a ganav lead the party would cost them votes -- and that's because VOTERS (unlike Rav Ovadia) don't like ganovim.
(Plus he was too independent).
Thisis why,once SHAS saw that Voters were OK with Deri, his being a ganav was no problem.