Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi, reportedly launched a heated attack on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, calling her a 'wicked woman' and an 'Isabel'. He also reiterated that President Donald Trump turned on Israel because of the government's pursuit of yeshiva students for military conscription, extending his earlier remarks.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, escalated his criticism of the government's conscription policy regarding yeshiva students, directly attacking Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in new remarks Saturday night. According to a desk-reviewed report, Yosef called Baharav-Miara a 'wicked woman' and an 'Isabel', a biblical figure associated with evil, linking her to what he described as persecution of Torah scholars. He also reiterated the claim that President Donald Trump's recent tensions with Israel stem from the push to draft ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students into the IDF — an assertion The Zioneer first reported earlier Saturday evening. The remarks mark an unusually personal dimension in the ongoing public dispute over military service exemptions for haredi men, a coalition crisis that has dominated Israeli politics for months. Yosef, who has long been a forceful voice against conscription of yeshiva students, did not provide evidence for his attribution to Trump's stance. Baharav-Miara's office has not commented. The remarks were not broadcast on mainstream media and remain unverified by a second source.
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