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Rabbi Ovadia slams US: We're not their slaves
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 26.07.09, 16:31
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1. Stick to Tisha B'Av - ok, Mr. Yosef?
(07.26.09)
2. Rabbi's message is prophetic
Brod ,   USA   (07.26.09)
The last paragraph of the Rabbi's message in this report is prophetic. Indeed, when the whole world knows the Torah-the Holy Bible, the Messiah will come. Meanwhile, the dark forces will attack Israel. It is part of Satan's strategy of trying to destroy GOD'S people. But GOD will protect His people. And the dark forces will be destroyed when the Messiah comes to rescue GOD'S people.
3. Rabbi Ovadia - past his sell-buy date
USSISHKIN ,   TEL AVIV   (07.26.09)
Once there was a Rabbi who was clever and smart and deserved his title Chief Rabbi, albeit over just the Sepharadi tribe of Israel, themselves once a noble and wise group of people who taught the rest of the Galut the motto - 'the law of the land is the law' - meaning wheerever you are the law of that land is what you must live by, before your Jewish laws. And then came the corruption of this tribe in Israel. Where once this Chief Rabbi was listened to when he said that human life was our highest value, higher even than land, and that was the way to make peace; where he said that his people and especially their Rabbis could be the peace-makers, now he has sullied the good name of Sepharadim. Even before the Deri scandal- about a man who cannot count and does not know what morality is, let alone turpitude, this Chief Rabbi proclaimed that those who perished in the Shoah deserved to die in it because they had sinned. He is also famous for demanding to stone those who pick their noses on Shabbat. Now he sticks his ancient finger into an area that he shouldn't and makes bigoted statements about the only friend we've got left. And to what avail? How does he contribute to bringing us peace with this ludicrous and damaging comment? He doesn't. He is past his sell-buy date. Send him home to rest. Don’t give him any more interviews. He’s past it.
4. RE: You"re not their slaves.
Natasha Vidan ,   Weston, USA   (07.26.09)
Yeaaaa! Fianlly I'm seening some backbone in Israel concerning other Nations trying to tell the Israelis what they can and cannot do. Use Wisdom but Israel is the Jewish Nation FOR Jewish People.
5. It's look that "spiritual leader" is patient for MIB - he is
Bob ,   Moscow   (07.26.09)
definitely "out of there"...
6. Ayatollah Yosef Ovadia
Rodrigue ,   Bangui, Central Afri   (07.26.09)
Some one can tell me what are the differences between this man and Khameney in Iran?
7. Not slaves
Abba ,   P.R.   (07.26.09)
If the C.Rabbi doesn't want Israel to be a slave to the USA.Just stop begging for US Aid.Shas's crooked Rabbis in New York and Israel should be the C.Rabbi's number one problem.
8. #6 Plenty.
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (07.26.09)
1. He isn't the dictatorial, unelected leader of an entire country, ruling via a religious institution. 2. He is the religious leader of his Sephardic Jewish community - nothing more, nothing less. 3. He doesn't order people executed. 4. He doesn't encourage others to commit murder in the name of his religion. Do I need to continue, or is perhaps a beard and a way of dress enough to compare one to the other?
9. to #6 , Rodrique
sammy ,   jerusalem   (07.26.09)
Thats gotta be one of the most ridiculous things ive ever heard. although i am no huge fan of rabbi yosef myself , comparing him to a power obsessed ayatollah who is responsible for many many deaths in the past month alone (not counting how many have been killed by his hand in the past) is a mad thing to say. think before you spew next time.
10. #6-Local have "financial interes" in New Jersew...
Bob ,   Moscow   (07.26.09)
11. #8 - True! Plus by his way of dress....
(07.26.09)
Yosef looks more like Sargeant Pepper than he does Khamenei.
12. mindboggling
Michael ,   Haifa   (07.26.09)
This crazed geriatric controls almost 10% of our Parliament
13. Rabbi = Teacher
Ben ,   Monroe USA   (07.26.09)
There was a time when the rabbis of the world taught Torah. That time seems to be in the past. Now the topics seem to be politics, breaking the law of the land, etc. Such is power of the pulpit.
14. Keep the Shas cult out of Politics
Avi ,   Israel   (07.26.09)
Ovadia Yosef should mind his own bussiness and keep his rascist nose out of politcs. His time would be better spent visiting his Shas MKs currently serving jail time. Or counting his millions.
15. Fair enough, Rabbi.
PersianCAT   (07.26.09)
Prove your point to the Amerian people by returning the next $3 billion check, money picked from the pockets of the encreasingly impoverished American tax payers and given your Apartheid regime every year. OK, rabbi?
16. #8 Not quite
Avi ,   Israel   (07.26.09)
Ovadia Yosef also made headlines today "U.S. money laundering suspects linked to Shas spiritual leader" Ummm how strange surely the good lord provides for his royal holliness,? Maybe his time would be better spent visiting the Shas MKs currently serving jail time. How is Mr Benizri these days?
17. rabbi is better thanTalmud
observer   (07.26.09)
Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Gezeilah 1:2 : And it is biblically forbidden to steal even a minor amount; even a gentile - it is forbidden to steal from him or to cheat him. And if you stole from him or cheated him you must return the stolen money or object. "robing land is not stealing" said the rabbi.
18. he is right! Israel is the slave to the hara-dim.
jason white ,   afula,israel   (07.26.09)
19. 6 , kamenei defends murderers , Yossef has only a big mouth
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (07.26.09)
and is'nt life threatening .
20. Slaves to the U.S.A
Norman Gellman ,   Rehovot, israel   (07.26.09)
No, we are not slaves to anyone, but like anyone else, we must be willing to pay the price of taking independent action. Unfortunately, we not able either financially or by military hardware to stand off the threats against us. Our first priority must be survival. As we have seen time & time, again Hashem helps those who help themselves. Even Shas is dependent on money from abroad just as Israel. Israel is also dependant on sophisticated military platforms like aircraft from abroad. So it’s best to opt for survival rather than theatrical positions.
21. He looks and speaks like an ayatollah
(07.26.09)
Fortunately for Israel, Jewish ayatollahs have much less power than their Iranian counterparts. And that's the only difference between them.
22. #14, #15
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (07.26.09)
#14 Did you also demand that Yosef keep out of politics when he supported Oslo I? #15: now we know, the PersianCAT is a Basji.
23. MY NAME IS DAVE AND I'M A HEBREW
DAVE THE SLAVE ,   Safed Israel   (07.26.09)
SLAVE, I.m good at rap because I'm so full of crap,freedom is over-rated,slavery is silver-plated,I don't feel no loss 'cos I know who's the boss, we don't need one another 'cos I'm a lowdown Mother,I will not call you a viper 'cos you pay the piper, I always maintain, that life is fun on the end of a chain,so please call me Dave ,I'm your friendly slave..
24. birthright: Ovadia Yosef was born Abdullah (slave of Allah)
observer   (07.26.09)
25. #8 of course that is not murder, it's killing
observer   (07.26.09)
Of course Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who urged that the Israeli armed forces bombard the Arab people with missiles, is not an apocalyptic madman.
26. #22 yes i did thankyou
Avi ,   Israel   (07.27.09)
FYI yes i did the Ayatloah Ovadia Yosef the head of the Shas criminal cult has no place in politics or his corrupt puppets. Please show some intelligence and dont pretend to know me.
27. Does this Rabbi know that he cannot survive for one week
(07.27.09)
without the US support ?
28. I'M JUST A SLAVE FOR YOUR LURV
DAVE THE SLAVE ,   Lala Land   (07.27.09)
Or is it love??
29. MORE RAP FROM THE SLAVE
DAVE THE SLAVE ,   Safed Israel   (07.27.09)
"FASTER" yells my master,the slave named Dave likes to rave and pave the way today,you don't say, no way jose,just do as you are told don't be bold you are too old 'cos you'll fold,like a paper ball too tall to fall it's your call after all so forget about being free you are tied to a tree just like me.
30. It must be sad
P ,   Philadelphia   (07.27.09)
It must be sad to spend one's entire life waiting for something that will never come. The Christians believe in a lie about the past, and he believes in a lie about the future. Moschiach, Hashem, Allah, all are ways to avoid dealing with reality.
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