Yahadut Hatorah MKs Yaakov Litzman and Uri Maklev traveled around Israel on Tuesday morning to encourage voters. When they reached Be’er Sheva, they recorded and released a video, warning voters that the situation is not good and that Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman urged his supporters to flock to the polls to vote against the Chareidi sector. Litzman said: “We must block this hatred of religion” and urged the community to vote as soon as possible “so we won’t need to cry tonight.”
Maklev added that the signs of the hatred, false incitement and denigration of the Chareidi community can be seen at the polling stations. “We saw people coming to the polling stations who seemed as if they weren’t making independent decisions, that something was pushing them. The voting rate is high. This is something that should worry everyone. This isn’t just a cry of gevalt. This is the true situation.”
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The MKs told a B’Chedrei Chareidim reporter that they fear “the day after” due to the unexpected rise in voter turnout [compared to the April elections] in the Israeli general public which could harm the Chareidi parties as well as the right-wing bloc in general [due to the proportional representation electoral system in Israel].
Deputy Minister Meir Porush said earlier on Tuesday: “I’m a little worried. I have to tell you that we received information in the last few days that a high percentage of secular people will stream to the polls. I’m worried. I’m telling you – you need to bring people [to the polls] and get people out of their homes [to vote].”
Another report on B’Chadrei Chareidim said that MK Moshe Gafni passed a group of Talmud Torah boys on Tuesday morning who were enjoying their recess outside in Givat Ze’ev while he was conducting a tour of polling stations. The boys spotted him passing by on the street and began singing to him. Gafni approached the children, explained the situation and incitement and requested that the children daven for the success of the Chareidi community in the elections. The children immediately began reciting Tehillim.
“We’re in great danger,” Gafni told the boys. “They want that chas v’chalilah when you grow up that you won’t be able to learn Torah. We won’t allow this to happen.”
“You’ll grow up to be gedolim in Torah. Daven a lot that we’ll be successful, that the Gedolei HaTorah will be successful. In the merit of the tefillos of the children, we’ll win over these evil people who want the Torah to be forgotten from the Jewish people.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
Maybe it’s the zero turnout among the Eidah-niks that’s the problem.
They don’t incite hatred. They just don’t want us to control there lives.
Regarding the draft, we must keep in mind that once the Chareidim become the Majority population, they will have to join the army anyway because we’re not going to have a small minority of Chilonim protecting the whole country.
Maybe it’s the fact that the Gimmel MKs didn’t stand up against the draft law that’s the problem. Yes , “they” don’t want the boys of today to be the yeshivah bochurim of tomorrow. But who are “they”? Who are pushing our sons to fill the draft quotas?
It’s only the Eidah-niks who come to the rescue when genuine yeshivah bochurim are forced into the army or imprisoned for refusing to enlist.
Rebbe Yid, Rebbetzin Yiddene – what’s the real hishtadlus for today when we can’t depend on our MKs?
One of the hazards of living in a democracy is that you can be outvoted. Besides working on voter turnout, it might be a good idea to think about why being anti-chareidi is so wide-spread. We need to connect with the chilonim, show them why we believe and do what we do, and counter the propaganda against us. We can’t do that by looking down on the people we’re trying to convince. We have to have kavod habrios and work to have them understand why we live chareidi lives. Then the anti-religious politicians won’t be able to incite.
We’ve been so busy pushing away with one hand that we’ve forgotten to draw near with the other. Every Jew has a pintele yid – it’s up to us to find it and encourage it.
can you imagine a country when known enemies serve in the parliament ,ARABS, but those true to their heritage are put in jail, the frum.