Quote of the Day

The Satan has issued an emergency call-up and has drafted all its forces, unfortunately.. suddenly you see all these draftees and you see not just distant Jews or secular Jews, but sadly, even though they are just from the fringe of the camp... [Haredi Jews as well]

  -- Minister Aryeh Deri about the coming [second round of] elections in Jerusalem and the need to work for Moshe Lion and get the vote out, against Ofer Berkovitch

it looks like Aryeh Deri is calling upon his inner Satmar today.. just as the State founded by secular Jews was the work of Satan for Satmar, the possibility of a secular (not sure if he is secular or traditional, as I have seen different claims made, and I don't know for myself, but Deri is considering him secular) Jew being mayor of Jerusalem and that alone means Satan is in play...

When Rav Ovadia said things like this (and he did), or more recently Rav Shalom Cohen, it was written off as the ravings of  little understood mystical rabbi and his minions would always go on the media saying that he was misunderstood and did not mean this or that. Unless Aryeh Deri now considers himself a "Baba" of some sort, and I am not sure he doesn't, this should be taken far more seriously. Reports say that security has been increased around Berkovitch, but beyond that Deri should be censured for this inappropriate talk. With Deri as Minister of Interior, ergo - he is responsible for Israeli elections, his level of involvement also seems to be some sort of a conflict of interest.

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