He's not the Messiah


By Joe Millis
June 22, 2011
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But he has been a very naughty boy. Arye Deri, the former leader of Shas and Interior Minister who did time for all sorts of financial naughtiness, has declared he's re-entering the political fray.

This might cause Eli Yishai and Binyamin Netanyahu to have kittens, as the charismatic Deri is likely to take votes from both Shas and the Likud despite - or perhaps because of - his years behind bars.

Another worrying factor for the dar right is that he is pro-peace. "I'm scared of wars and I have never voted for a war or a military operation.," he told Ynet. He just wants to unite the people (good luck with that, mate. Just don't listen to the settlers and their mates who will inevitably call you a Nazi). Unlike Yishai, he's not vindictive and is open-minded when it comes to other Jews who are not ultra-Orthodox.

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22 June, 2011 - 14:44

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23 June, 2011 - 10:27

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Well he has just one major hurdle to overcome. His mentor HaRav Ovadya Yossef Shlita will have to give him permission which he will not do if the result is to harm Shas in any way. So it's a nice story - I personally have a lot of sympathy for him and believe he was made an example of because of his popularity. What he did was endemic in all the Ministries by both the left and right wings supporting their pet projects and was like the expenses scandal in the UK Parliament part of the accepted "system" until someone realised that in fact it was illegal.

Joe Millis

23 June, 2011 - 11:47

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Looking at what Aryeh Deri said, and given what Ovadiyah Yossef did to him in the past (sold him out in 1999 after all the "Hoo Zakkai, hoo Zakkai" showboating), the old rabbi is getting to be a bit of an irrelevance to Deri and others like him (Amsalem, perhaps).

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