Israeli chief rabbi says ultra-Orthodox will leave if forced into army

Israel’s chief Sephardic rabbi Yitzhak Yosef stated, "If they force us to join the army, we would all fly out of the country, buy tickets, and go. This is not acceptable; it puts the state at stake."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously stated his intention to end military conscription exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews

[actionjackson]

Take the rest of them with you and leave the middle east in peace.

[ashaath]

They have the right to return home; to the US, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and wherever they came from. Leave Palestine to Palestinian

[yanenn]

They should leave regardless. The land belongs to the Palestinians people

[rvlogzrhb]

They should leave the land of Palestine

[vanessac]

Wow. Delusional. Thought he was going to say that the Torah says not to steal or murder.

[kaboom]

Of course billions worth of US weapons has no bearing on the situation..

[Lynwood_Jackson]

Absolutely wild that even the head rabbi doesn't understand that he has no business being in Palestine in the first place.

[MrPaudy]

Just proves that they are not native to Palestine, they can get tickets back to their original homes.

[muhammadjohan]

The Torah says thou shall not kill. Guess the rabbi forgot about it

[dondiegodeazambuja]

So they know where the cane from? And yet deliberately squatting in Palestinian lands and claiming it as theirs? And a rabbi is admitting they have passports from other countries?so why is he in Israel?

[lpaho]

Exactly the land belongs to Palestinians 🎉

[thepacifist]

Show me a coward without telling me he is a coward.

[hoopoverthehill]

This is the leader of the Sephardic Orthodox community in Israel. While he's making a case of against not joining the Israeli army, he has said some pretty horrible things about Arabs before.

[ahmedmohamed]

If thats what your calling success, then israel is very successful at failing.

[MohammedHassenguy]

the thugs started to fight among themselves .. Al hamdolellah

[abumuath]

A proof that they don’t belong to the land of Palestine

[rasha]

Not sure how he defines success for IDF. Numbers of innocent killed?

[StnerforFrdom]

here’s what i really don’t get.

death, occupation and destruction of an entire group of people isn’t enough to make them leave they stand proudly next to the idf soldiers yet if they’re asked to participate that’s where they draw the line? cowards

[alterations_queen]

The peace will return to the Middle East when all these thieves leave

[phaeton]

Yeah they should leave and create their own state in the US... Nevada desert is perfect...