Speaking at an election rally in Kiryat Gat, MK Yisrael Eichler called on the chareidi tzibur to wage a holy war in the upcoming elections for 20th Knesset. He added that “A half million haters of Torah did not ask me when they voted for Yesh Atid, motivated by their hate and jealousy running to the polls in their war against chareidim”.
Eichler continued with an attack against the “evil government” and the cost of apartments, cost of living while most of the money goes to pay the government clerks and unacceptable cultural events. “They pass evil gezeiros against Torah and those who study and against tenokos shel beis raban. All the more reason that we must wage a holy war in elections without any other considerations”.
“As is the world practice he who asks in the time of war what will I profit from this fire will soon be defeated in battle and fall captive to his enemies” Eichler warned. “After years of evil government each chareidi voter must become active and bring at least one addition vote for Yahadut Hatorah. This is how we can correct the damage done to Yiddishkheit in all aspects of life”.
“Pharaoh and his troops came to the Red Sea to battle Israel, united in the mission. Amalek exhibited mesirus nefesh. The eternal response is kabolas Torah with mesirus nefesh, all united”, stated Eichler.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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“voted Yesh Atid” “motvated by hate” “jealousy” etc…
How can that be? Horav Hagoan Reb Dov Lipman Shlita was part of that Party. He is a Tzaddik. He has Smicha. He is a Posek. He is a Morah Hora”ah. He wears a yarlmuka. How bad can they be?
Commentors,cool it please
Recall Nachman Bialik terse comment of poetry in translation
Everything sounds worse in translation
Wow quite an orator!!
In agreement that ALL must vote & bring additional voters with them BUT why always the screaming??? Is action determined by the loudness & harshest rhetoric in town, can or does anyone listen/comprehend/absorb/internalize messages without WORDS OF DEFIANCE?
A turnoff for the sane/sechel/balanced individual.
One might note that politicians everywhere, and especially in a system of proportional representation (where appealing to one’s base is all that matters – unlike Anglo-American single member districts where one has to reach out to win elections), tend to have outlandish elections rhetoric. This is true of all the Israeli parties. On the day after the election, they suddently realize that the people they detested the day before are ones they can work with in return from proper patronage and favors.
Americans may be taken aback by the Israeli-style of campaign rhetoric, since in America one needs to convince independents and members of the other parties, which requires more moderate and more inclusive rhetoric.
for those who don’t live here – and don’t know Eichler – he doesn’t scram (Gafne does) and if u have ever heard him speak – he speaks in a very logical way
It is very important that EVERYONE who is CHAREDI should vote
No doubt about it
Anyone who speaks in such vile and disgusting term against another yid will suffer and lose their chelek of olam haboh for such sinas chinam.
Holy war? That sounds like radical Islam.
#6 Study Kovetz Ma’amarim.
He used much the same language 75 years ago
Ah… this from the same commentor who writes Shteinman without prefacing it with HaRav