Exposure: Leader of the Haredi community in an unprecedented attack

Rare documentation reveals Rabbi Dov Landau, leader of the Lithuanian stream, harshly attacking Religious Zionism, the founders of the state, and secular society. In a private conversation, the rabbi claims that the fallen of Religious Zionism are killed due to a distorted Torah that their rabbis teach, and that UN or Arab rule would have been preferable to a Jewish state. The remarks come against the backdrop of the rabbi's decisive status in the coalition.

Rare documentation obtained by N12 and revealed in the main newscast presents Rabbi Dov Landau, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva and leader of the Lithuanian stream, launching an unprecedented harsh attack on Religious Zionism, the founders of the state, and secular society. In a private conversation held at his home in Bnei Brak in the midst of the fighting, the rabbi said that the fallen of Religious Zionism "are killed because their rabbis teach them a distorted Torah" and that they "kill people for honor." The rabbi claimed that "UN rule or Arab rule would have been preferable" to a Jewish state, and that Zionism "brought physical disasters upon the people of Israel." He called Zionists "robbers who save us" and attacked secular society as "a great desecration of God's name." The remarks come against the backdrop of the rabbi's decisive status in the coalition, with Prime Minister Netanyahu courting him.