Aryeh Deri's disconnection: "Parents send their son to yeshiva in the morning, and fear he will be arrested"
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri was interviewed in the party's newspaper and addressed the Haredi concern over arrests of yeshiva students, describing the anxiety of parents who send their sons to yeshiva. Deri declared he will not enter any government before regulating the status of Torah students. Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was quoted in the newspaper with statements against Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, defining a left-wing government as a danger to Judaism.
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri was interviewed in the party's newspaper and addressed the concern in the Haredi public over arrests of yeshiva students. Deri described entire families living in uncertainty and anxiety, parents who send their sons to yeshiva and fear they will be arrested. He declared that he will not enter any government before the status of Torah students is regulated. The newspaper also quoted Shas leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef with statements against Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, saying that a left-wing government is a danger to Judaism. Rabbi Salim, a senior figure in the Shas Council, said that the war for the world of Torah is not between parties but a joint stand against the enemy. The article reflects the party's positions during a sensitive political period.