tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post4919699114349008612..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Rav Amnon Yitzchak Formally Announces New Political PartyRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-38850022630884519652013-01-14T04:42:00.975+02:002013-01-14T04:42:00.975+02:00go for it amnongo for it amnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-65411660656450254222012-11-28T18:43:58.994+02:002012-11-28T18:43:58.994+02:00btw, on his website, shofar.net, he is asking peop...btw, on his website, shofar.net, he is asking people to sign up that they will vote for his party and to possibly help in various ways.. http://www.shofar.tv/articles/9055<br /><br />so I guess it is as authentic as can be.<br /><br /><br />I suspect Rav Amnon Yitzchak will not himself be head of the party and go into Knesset (assumign they pass the threshhold), but he will be its leader similar to Rav Ovadia Yosef, and will choose the Knesset list made up of of other people... but thats just my guess right now...Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-40889365159481618292012-11-28T18:37:22.805+02:002012-11-28T18:37:22.805+02:00I think that one of Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak's str...I think that one of Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak's strengths in Kiruv was the fact that he was not officially attached to any political party. I hope that he changes his mind and does not enter politics.Cosmic Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880746347107372827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-87519338967882214732012-11-28T18:15:40.131+02:002012-11-28T18:15:40.131+02:00didnt Rabbi Shach start Shas? :-)didnt Rabbi Shach start Shas? :-)Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-83105382345530878452012-11-28T18:07:38.948+02:002012-11-28T18:07:38.948+02:00He probably meant (Rav) Ovadya Yosef and Eli Yisha...He probably meant (Rav) Ovadya Yosef and Eli Yishai - of course, Eli Yishai didn't start Shas, but for that matter neither did Aryeh Deri.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-72265985076530971742012-11-28T18:04:59.442+02:002012-11-28T18:04:59.442+02:00More what it tells me is that there's a signif...More what it tells me is that there's a significant swing vote that will choose any boutique party that the pollster offers it. With any luck, the swing voters will distribute their ballots roughly evenly, and all the piddly little nonsense parties will fail to cross the minimum threshold.Shaul Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657787388625188732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-71044570791752493172012-11-28T18:01:41.767+02:002012-11-28T18:01:41.767+02:00Yaak - are "Deri" and "Amsalem"...Yaak - are "Deri" and "Amsalem" first names?Shaul Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657787388625188732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-73641577323679075092012-11-28T18:01:13.497+02:002012-11-28T18:01:13.497+02:00I am no mathematician, but it seems to me that if ...I am no mathematician, but it seems to me that if one counted all the predictions and polls together, one would determine that the Knesset had about 200 or so seats up for vote...Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-45828037391362579152012-11-28T17:59:34.461+02:002012-11-28T17:59:34.461+02:00Proving yet again that in order to start a Sephard...Proving yet again that in order to start a Sephardic political party in Israel, you must have 2 first names...yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-65105656625401606262012-11-28T17:58:39.956+02:002012-11-28T17:58:39.956+02:00The expression "like mushrooms after the rain...The expression "like mushrooms after the rain" comes to mind. If there's any good that can come out of this, it's that the people might get exasperated with all these ridiculous little boutique parties, and instead give their votes to the 2 major parties - Likud and Labor. Might make for some more governability.Shaul Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657787388625188732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-49957599122910672422012-11-28T17:56:40.636+02:002012-11-28T17:56:40.636+02:00Hard to imagine a Rabbi less suitable for public o...Hard to imagine a Rabbi less suitable for public office than Amnon Yitzhak.<br /><br />If he gets 5-6 setas, and the Na-Na Chasidim get the 9 seats that they are predicting, this may be one of the most colorful knessets in Israel's history. Michael Sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-40776257449644841582012-11-28T17:46:54.479+02:002012-11-28T17:46:54.479+02:00doesnt seem to bedoesnt seem to beRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7800255901782351782012-11-28T17:40:11.306+02:002012-11-28T17:40:11.306+02:00This isn't a joke?This isn't a joke?dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.com