That is Minister of Housing Yitzchak Goldknopf visiting the site of a home hit by a Hezbollah rocket in Tzfat earlier today. Goldknopf called on the Prime Minister to not let up but to continue pounding Hezbollah until he will be vanquished.

As a Minister, Goldknopf has as much right to weigh in as anybody else, but the Haredi politicians used to have a policy to not talk about military and defense issues, at least not publicly, due to the communities they represent refusal to partake in the military. Goldknopf (and others) have seemingly moved away from that old policy - maybe because now they take ministerial positions and they used to refuse those. Maybe as a Minister, he is as responsible as anyone else in government and must comment on all issues. 

Regardless of the reason, this comment lit up the trolls and responses. As you would expect, comments came in fast and furious about sending the Haredim to pound the enemy, how dare he make such a comment that other people's kids should continue to fight endlessly while his dont, maybe he means pound the enemy with prayers, etc.. my personal troll comment was referencing the earlier comment of Goldknopf about Netanyahu not traveling on Shabbos - continue pounding the enemy, but not on Shabbos!

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