Prior to the opening of the Knesset’s summer session on Monday, the United Torah Judaism party celebrated chairman Moshe Gafni’s 70th birthday during its faction meeting.
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid and some members of his party surprised UTJ members by coming in to join the party.
Later, opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu, some Likud members, and Labor chairman Merav Michaeli also joined the party and congratulated Gafni.
Lapid even addressed the crowd and paid many compliments to Gafni: “I have a custom to threaten Rav Gafni that if he annoys me, I’ll speak at the Knesset podium and reveal how good our relationship is,” he joked.
“I won’t do that to you, chas v’chalilah,” Lapid said, turning to Gafni. “There’s one thing we agree on, that we both believe that we can conduct disagreements as an ideological debate and not turn it into something personal.”
“You’re a good and worthy person and you care,” Lapid continued. “Even when I don’t agree with you, I pay attention to you because your opinion is important. You’re a good neshama. I wish you good health because we were really worried for you.[Gafni was hospitalized last year and underwent a heart catheterization.] I wish for you and me that we’ll continue fighting with each other for many more years.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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What this demonstrates is that all the Israeli politicians, from the so -called chareidi parties to the anti-Judaism parties to Likud and Labor to the anti chareidi parties are all happily together in one big happy party with each other.
When the cameras are rolling they put up a big show and tell of how bad the anti-chareidi parties and politicians are. All other times they party together and kiss each other’s behinds.
Rav Elyashiv famously said in his public shiur, available on video and widely reported, that the Keneset is a Beis Minis and assur to enter.
Fraternizing with these heretics is forbidden. Rav Reuven Grozovsky did not permit that when he permitted frum Jews to become members of the Zionist parliament. Not to blame anyone, CH”V, but it’s still sad.
TYPICAL POLITICS!!
nothing to think too much about.
b’kitzur, lapid needs something from gafni and his party – just say that and done
In spite of himself Lapid is offering grudging praise
This is the highest form in spite of loggerheads with each other of earned respect
he refused consistently to lower himself for parochial pork barrel interests Etc and most of the other pollution that goes in the knesset
he is someone worth praising from other side unlike most other mk’s
You all missed the boat ?
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