The network is buzzing following an interview conducted last night (Friday) by the journalist Gal Ochowski On Channel 13. In a conversation with Shai Stern about the state of the corona in ultra-Orthodox society, Ohovsky said that “war must be declared on the ultra-Orthodox.”
Shocking: Incitement permeates! Gal Ohovsky reads to Shai Stern on Saturday night on Channel 13 “We must declare war on the ultra-Orthodox, it’s like a cult.” pic.twitter.com/yM1xPgodzD
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He added that “the ultra-Orthodox person on the street does not know at all that he is living incorrectly. He lives without information, he has no Internet, he has no Google, so in the end we, to dismantle it, need a war there – a war must be waged against them.”
In an attempt to ease the poignant statement a little, Stern said, “Not really a war,” and Ochowski replied, “A civil war, a war. So that they will understand that there needs to be a shaking of the name. It’s like a cult.”
The journalist too Inon Magal He said: “If an ultra-Orthodox leader were to say, ‘We are the servants of gays and we have to go to war against them,’ you know what would happen, but here there is corrupt media.”
After the criticism of his remarks, Ochowski responded: “In the last few hours, hundreds of comments have come to my private phone about the passage from my words with Shai Stern. A huge part of the responses are full of curses. Is this your Judaism? Curses? Threats? Have you seen the polls that the majority of the secular public prays for a government without ultra-Orthodox? Think where it comes from? “.
He added: “As for himself. I feel that recently it has become clear that the ultra-Orthodox public has established autonomy here. Rabbinical laws are more important than state laws. The prime minister has to beg the grandson of some rabbi to keep the law. Giant”.
“It turns out that free love is only between you. In articles by Yair Shrek on Channel 12, the students of the sages spoke condescendingly of the general public. Of the empty cart. So I represent a position that claims we are tired of. That there is no just division of the burden. And not just in the IDF service. “That most of the ultra-Orthodox public is held captive by older and detached rabbis and corrupt politicians and that the ultra-Orthodox public needs to wake up and understand how to intervene differently in the life of the country of us all,” he wrote.
In summing up his remarks, he said: “I do not hate anyone, I do not hate the ultra-Orthodox. My husband’s father was a rabbi. His uncle was a great rabbi in Beit Vagan. If there is anyone who hates here, it is the rabbis who curse the LGBT community morning and evening. But that’s not the point. I think the corona crisis has created a rift. And you need to take a deep mental account of the connection between you and the state authorities. No problem cursing me and saying I’ve a pervert and gone crazy. It will be more interesting to read the full column I wrote in Mako and check if there is any truth in my words. “