Jerusalem – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Jerusalem Sunday in support of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, who was arrested that morning for questioning over incitement to racism and violence, and released in less than one hour.
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A short demonstration took place outside his home in Jerusalem, which developed into unruliness. Some of the protesters attacked two cars carrying Arabs, in which one passenger was injured and required medical treatment. Police forces that were called to the site pushed protesters to the sidewalk and opened the street to traffic.
See below photos:
After arrest Rabbi Yosef meets supporters.
Protests erupts.
Lame protest. It started at 2pm and was over at 3pm. There is no Koach to it when you endorse a book to kill non-Jews. When there are certain parades That threaten to bring Tumah to Yerushalayim, the Hafganah lasts for days!
Is this the same Rav, that put dozens of charedim and rabanim from Emanual in Jail last year, he didn’t seem to have a problem then when thinking they are not above the law, why does he think he is above the law… hypocrisy ?
Personally I disagree with both arrests.. just interested how fast the tables turned, and now he is tasting his own medicine
Nebach nebach.
The 3 Weeks are approaching.
You call this a protest? All I see in the pictures are a bunch of kids watching the police action. If the police would go home there would be no ‘protest’.
Why do the police allow these idiots to disrupt the city over and over again for no reason. They should not show such restraint and forcibly break up the hafganos put the leaders into prison. Its an insult to Rav Yosef, z’tl, as well as a real chilul hashem.
Angry protests are mob rule. This is not torah. To make a show of your face in public is one thing. To be angry and cause violence and disorder is another.
These same kids sit at the edge of settlements protecting ur right to a land while u sit with ur camry and lexus, critisizing them. Torah is not defending immorality and arresting Rabbis
With all due respect, Rav Yosef is being disengenuous. What we say at the Pesach Seder is for G-d to pour out His wrath among those of the non-Jewish nations who persecute and kill Jews. That is completely different from calling for soldiers to kill babies in wartime, which is what the book calls for. In the same radio interview with Radio Kol Chai, Rav Yosef also said that he did not review the entire book and his approbation(haskamah) is only a general one. He did not write so in the approbation, and for “damage control” he is trying to distance himself from the author. This “custom” to give an approbation without having read the entire book MUST stop. It fails the test of truth, as those considering buying the book might be swayed by the approbations, not realizing that the ones giving their approval themselves haven’t read the entire book and there might be elements which they disagree with. Look at what all this is causing. I am not defending what the police did, but Rabbonim should be more careful, especially when it comes to the printed word