At a Shas protest rally in Bnei Brak Monday evening, speakers called the IDF chief of staff a 'name erased' (a traditional curse) and accused the military of 'educating toward the most severe offenses.' The rally was held in protest of arrests in the city, and was attended by several Shas MKs.
At a Shas party rally in Bnei Brak on Monday evening, four Shas MKs—Yoav Ben Tzur, Michael Malchieli, Moshe Abutbul, and Yoni Mshariki—attended as speakers launched a harsh attack on IDF Chief of Staff, using the traditional curse 'yimach shemo vezichro' (may his name and memory be erased) and accusing the military of 'educating toward the most severe offenses.' The protest was called in response to arrests in the city. This marks the latest development in a thread The Zioneer has tracked since Monday evening, June 29.
The thread began at 22:46 Jerusalem on Monday, when a Haredi rabbi at a Bnei Brak rally cursed the IDF chief in remarks broadcast on Channel 12. Shortly thereafter, Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned the remarks as incitement. By 23:26 Jerusalem, a separate Zioneer bulletin noted Shas MKs were participating in a rally in Bnei Brak, corroborating earlier reports. Rabbi Yehuda Cohen was previously reported at a related protest outside a military prison on June 18.
The Zioneer previously reported that Shas MKs joined protests in Jerusalem on Monday evening against the arrest of Haredi soldiers, and earlier this month outside a military prison over the arrest of a draft evader. The harsh rhetoric against the military chief marks an escalation in the party's protest campaign, which has largely focused on the arrest of yeshiva students who refuse military service.
The specific source of the Monday evening rally's broadcast or social media circulation remains unverified beyond the Shas party’s own reporting channels.
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- StrongShas MKs hold rally in Bnei Brak
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