Prime Minister Benjamin joins a chorus of condemnations against inflammatory remarks made against IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir by an ultra-Orthodox rabbi during a protest in Bnei Brak against the arrest of Haredi draft evaders.
“I strongly condemn the shameful remarks made against the chief of staff yesterday in Bnei Brak,” Netanyahu says in a statement.
“Even when there are disagreements among us, there is absolutely no place for severe incitement against the IDF and its commanders, who protect us all,” adds the premier, who has faced increasing tension with the ultra-Orthodox members of his coalition in recent months over efforts to advance legislation regulating military service for Haredi men and largely exempting them.
Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi is being widely condemned and facing accusations of incitement for speaking about Zamir in highly inflammatory terms yesterday, including calling him “the accursed” Eyal Zamir and saying, “May his name and memory be erased.”
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