Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Arrested
Son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef rejected police summons last week for investigation into his endorsement of 'Torat Hamelech,' which endorses the killing of gentiles – including Arab babies who might grow up to be enemies.
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef arrested for suspected incitement
By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN AND JONAH MANDEL
Son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef rejected police summons last week for investigation into his endorsement of 'Torat Hamelech,' which endorses the killing of gentiles; MK Ben-Ari slams arrest.
Police arrested Rabbi Yaakov Yosef on Sunday morning. Last Tuesday, Rabbi Yosef, son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, turned down a police summons calling on him to come to the headquarters of the National Serious and International Crimes Unit in Lod for questioning over his alleged endorsement of the controversial Torat Hamelech (The King’s Torah) book, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Yosef was stopped and arrested while traveling on Route 1 in Jerusalem, Army Radio reported.
MK Michael Ben-Ari said of the arrest, "The police has proved that it is strong enough to arrest rabbis, lovers of Israel, and to humiliate them," Israel Radio reported.
"When will [police] begin fighting criminals and anarchists," the National Union MK added.
Shortly after news broke of the rabbi's arrest, police reported that tires were thrown onto the main Jerusalem highway near Rehov Haim Bar-Lev inside the city. No disruptions to traffic were reported.
On Thursday, hundreds of yeshiva students gathered in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Shmuel Hanavi within minutes as a rumor raced through the neighborhood that police cars were outside Yosef’s house and his arrest was imminent.
Clashes between right-wing activists and police erupted on Monday at the entrance to Jerusalem and near the Supreme Court building following the short detention and questioning that day of Kiryat Arba-Hebron Chief Rabbi Dov Lior, who also allegedly endorsed the 2009 book.
Torat Hamelech, by the rabbi of the Yitzhar settlement, Yitzhak Shapira, gives Jews permission to preemptively kill gentiles under certain conditions in wartime. [Its definition of war is very broad, and it gives permission to proactively kill Arab babies who might grow up to be enemies of Jews and/or Israel.]…
Rabbi Yosef questioned at police HQ, released
Published: 07.03.11, 08:02 / Israel News
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef was released Sunday after being questioned at the Jerusalem police headquarters in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yosef was taken in for questioning over suspicions of incitement. (Eli Senyor)
This is now a non story.
Posted by: Moshe in Israel | July 03, 2011 at 01:19 AM
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Posted by: King of the FRUMMMAAAAA, no it is not called frum | July 03, 2011 at 02:08 AM
The police could have phoned him, or simply knocked on his door. Now one must ask: Who is implementing Taliban Rule in Israel? Next they'll grab a rabbi and shave off his beard (and he'll be lucky if the police don't brake his spine).
Posted by: Maskil | July 03, 2011 at 02:20 AM
The big question is why Rabbi Yosef who is Sephardi dresses up like Eastern European peasant
Posted by: Bassy the Haredi Slayer | July 03, 2011 at 03:21 AM
>>>>>>The big question is why Rabbi Yosef who is Sephardi dresses up like Eastern European peasant<<<<<<<
his father dresses like that as well when he's not making public appearances. The black hat and long coat, etc...
Posted by: netflix | July 03, 2011 at 06:40 AM
The big question is why Rabbi Yosef who is Sephardi dresses up like Eastern European peasant
Because, Bassy, he is an employed gentelman and not a ten year old.
Posted by: Maskil | July 03, 2011 at 06:57 AM
Awesome photoshop!
Posted by: Jon | July 03, 2011 at 08:07 AM
""When will [police] begin fighting criminals and anarchists," the National Union MK added.
Shortly after news broke of the rabbi's arrest, police reported that tires were thrown onto the main Jerusalem highway near Rehov Haim Bar-Lev inside the city."
The irony! Arrest the anarchists not the tire burners. The criminals not that genocidal racists.
Posted by: . | July 03, 2011 at 09:16 AM
Posted by: Maskil | July 03, 2011 at 06:57 AM
Maskil, how do you insert a photo into a Typepad comment? I've tried various HTML codes and I can't seem to pull it off.
Posted by: Jeff | July 03, 2011 at 09:51 AM
...and I can't seem to pull it off.
And, apparently, neither can I.
Posted by: Maskil | July 04, 2011 at 07:46 AM
Ah, well. Shmarya told me it was buggy.
Posted by: Jeff | July 04, 2011 at 09:27 AM