Deri: Rabbinate no place for political battles
None
In wake of the results of the chief rabbi elections, Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri told Ynet that "from now on there is no Shas and no Habayit Hayehudi. The rabbinate is no place for political battles – that is what the Knesset is for."
Regarding the rivalry with Habayit Hayehudi, Deri said: "Unfortunately political strife still exists between us. There was a hard battle in which ministers and MKs took part, but that is all behind us now. I offered them to go for a compromise months ago, but they chose to go another way." (Moran Azulay)
