Rabbi Hirsch marks the haredi target for elections: "The left is strengthening" | Watch

The leader of the 'Degel HaTorah' faction, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, delivered a sharp speech at a party convention ahead of the elections, warning against the strengthening of the left and international isolation during wartime. He stated that most Americans are now hostile to Israel, dismissed voices of despair in the haredi public, and set a target of ten seats for United Torah Judaism.

The leader of the 'Degel HaTorah' faction, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, delivered a sharp speech at a special party convention ahead of the elections in a month. In his speech, delivered before senior officials and candidates including MKs Yaakov Asher and Yitzhak Pindrus, the rabbi warned against the strengthening of the leftist camp and its implications for Israel's security and political situation. The rabbi claimed that most of the American public now holds hostile positions toward Israel, and warned that in the event of a war, the US would not provide aid. He linked the lack of heavenly assistance to the strengthening of the left, and called for doing everything possible to prevent this. The rabbi dismissed claims of despair from the haredi political system, and emphasized that every voter must do their utmost to participate in the elections. He set a clear electoral target of ten seats for United Torah Judaism, and stated that less than that is not good. The speech reflects the rabbi's right-wing conservative positions and his worldview that sees the political struggle as a religious-national front.