Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, said that President Donald Trump reversed his stance toward Israel because of what he described as the persecution of yeshiva students, according to a single report on Telegram.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, offered a pointed critique of U.S. President Donald Trump in a statement carried on Telegram Saturday evening. The rabbi attributed Trump's reported shift in policy toward Israel to what he framed as a crackdown on yeshiva students — a reference to ongoing tensions over ultra-Orthodox military draft exemptions.
Other figures on the Israeli right and religious spectrum have also criticized Trump in recent days. As The Zioneer reported earlier this week, conservative commentator and Trump confidant Mark Levin attacked the President in Hebrew for calling Prime Minister Netanyahu 'a problematic person.' Prime Minister Netanyahu himself responded publicly, telling Channel 14 'I stand up for our interests.' The rabbi's statement adds a religious-community voice to that chorus, though it is attributed via a single source and remains unverified by wider sources. No official response from Trump or the White House has been reported.
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