Rabbi Aryeh Yezdi said Tuesday night at a rally in Bnei Brak: "The accursed chief of staff, may his name and memory be erased, sent a soldier to prison because he placed a 'Moshiach' note." The remark echoes his earlier cursing of Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Monday, which Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned as incitement.
Tuesday night in Bnei Brak, Rabbi Aryeh Yezdi again cursed IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, this time citing a soldier's imprisonment for placing a 'Moshiach' note as the reason. The remark — 'The accursed chief of staff, may his name and memory be erased, sent a soldier to prison because he placed a Moshiach note' — was made at a rally and reported by The Zioneer. No further details on the soldier or the specific incident were confirmed. The new statement followed Yezdi's first curse earlier Monday night, reported at 22:46 Jerusalem, in which he called Zamir 'accursed' and the military a 'defiled state'. That initial account, first circulated on social media and then broadcast on Channel 12 (as reported at 22:46 Jerusalem), prompted Defense Minister Israel Katz to condemn the remarks as crossing red lines. By Monday 23:42 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Shas MKs also attended the rally. Yezdi's second curse on Tuesday night reasserts the same rhetoric — unverified as to the soldier's case — with the desk noting that the claim about a soldier jailed over a note remains unconfirmed. No official response from the IDF, the Defense Ministry, or Rabbi Yezdi's camp to the latest statement has been reported.
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