Where do we go?

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef outlined in his weekly sermon: "We do not hate the secular people, but rather love them, we bring them closer." Yosef spoke out against extremism, stating that "there are haredim carrying out forbidden acts, that our Torah forbids, they must be denounced." There were other nuances and differences introduced lately as well. 

Neturei Karta is pushing harder, maybe too far, in my opinion. In a way, is very difficult to explain that people from the Sicarii and Neturei Karta are a little bit different in their ideology. Can you say they are a special category of Jews? It is not easy to explain without making distinctions...

On the other hand, the public opinion is hot enough for encouraging a mini-war of us against us. Hence, Bibi's warning. Please don't! 

A political comeback for Aryeh Deri?

I watched in the last two months lots of discussion in the French-speaking media from Israel about the risks and advantages of the political comeback of Aryeh Deri. Charismatic, young, highly appreciated in the Moroccan environments and supported by Rav Ovadia Yosef and accordingly, benefiting of a large support of the Sephardim. He took bribes 155,000$ worth as minister of Interior, but many would say that in comparison with other corrupt politicians he went into prison and paid for this.

Accepted or not, loved or hated, Deri will continue to play an important role in the Israeli politics in the coming months. Some even say that he could be the only one that could topple Bibi and offer an alternative to Tzipi. Wait and see.