Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reportedly called Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara a 'wicked woman' and 'Isabel', claiming she, not the prime minister, directs the push for yeshiva student conscription. He also reiterated his view that President Trump turned on Israel because of the crackdown on Torah scholars.
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef unleashed a fresh wave of harsh rhetoric on Saturday night against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, branding her a 'wicked woman' and an 'Isabel' — a biblical figure associated with wickedness. The remarks, circulated by the N12 news site, echo and escalate his earlier statements in recent days. Yosef reiterated that President Donald Trump turned against Israel because of the government's campaign to conscript yeshiva students, and claimed Baharav-Miara — not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — is the driving force behind the policy. The comments come amid a deepening political crisis over military conscription exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men, and growing public tensions between the rabbinic establishment and the legal system.
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