"If Arab MKs had gone up on stage after a sheikh who said such a thing, they would have investigated them stark naked"
Storm over incitement speech against the Chief of Staff: The discussion on the Basic Law: Torah Study opened with condemnation of remarks made by Rabbi Aryeh Yizdy, who called the Chief of Staff 'cursed' and…
Assessment
A political storm is escalating after a rabbi publicly cursed the IDF chief of staff during a protest. The Knesset session on a basic law for Torah study was derailed by opposition members demanding action against both the speaker and the four Shas MKs who attended without repudiating the remarks. A formal criminal investigation request has been sent to the attorney general, raising questions about the limits of political accountability for allied rabbinic figures.