MK Yaakov Asher against Sharren Haskel: "The blood is on your hands"

Degel HaTorah chairman, MK Yaakov Asher, harshly attacked the election campaign of the "Israel Tichla" party led by Sharren Haskel, which shows a Haredi figure pulling money from the pocket of a wounded and bound soldier. Asher called the video "anti-Semitic incitement" and warned that if a Haredi is harmed as a result of the incitement, the blood is on Haskel's hands.

Degel HaTorah chairman, MK Yaakov Asher, harshly attacked this evening (Monday) the election video of the "Israel Tichla" party led by Sharren Haskel. The video shows a Haredi figure pulling a banknote from the pocket of a wounded and bound soldier in a dark room. Asher called the video "anti-Semitic incitement" and warned: "This is a license to spill the blood of Haredim in a style reminiscent of dark periods in history. If a Haredi is harmed as a result of this incitement, the blood is on Sharren Haskel's hands." The video was published under the slogan "Haredim for the future of the state." In the party's statement, the Haredi public was described as "extorting and shirking" and treating soldiers as "a personal ATM and a human shield." The campaign sparked outrage due to the blatant generalization and the use of the image of a Haredi Jew as greedy.