Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi, called Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara an "evil woman" and said she, not Prime Minister Netanyahu, is directing the pursuit of yeshiva students for military service, according to a video circulated on Saturday night.
In a video statement circulated Saturday evening, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef escalated his rhetoric against Israel's attorney general and the state's enforcement of military conscription for yeshiva students. The former Sephardic chief rabbi said that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, whom he called an 'evil woman' and likened to the biblical Jezebel, is the one issuing the directives against yeshiva students — not the prime minister. He also claimed that President Donald Trump 'turned on us' because of the state's crackdown on yeshiva students, repeating a claim The Zioneer reported earlier the same evening. The remarks come amid a prolonged crisis over military service exemptions for Haredi men, with the state moving to enforce draft notices and the coalition under internal pressure.
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