Charedi Lawmakers:: 'Bennett Is Evil - There Will Be A War Against Him'

Charedi lawmakers railed against Yamina chairman and Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett Tuesday afternoon, claiming the new government will threaten Israel’s future as a Jewish state.

Shas chief and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri accused the incoming national unity government of planning to “uproot religion” from the country.

“The Jewish state is in danger,” said Deri. “It will uproot religion from the country. The new government is going to destroy the Jewish character and identity of the country which has allowed us to live together.”

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United Torah Judaism chief and chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee Moshe Gafni demanded the Religious Zionist public distance itself from Yamina and Naftali Bennett.

“An outrage has happened in Israel. There were times even when we were in the Opposition that the government wouldn’t dare do one-tenth of this. There will be war here against this evil one. We will shake the heavens and the earth over the behavior of this man who seems to be wearing a kippah – what a desecration of God’s name.”

“Reject, boycott, and excommunicate these people from your midst,” Gafni said, addressing the Religious Zionist public, “so that you won’t be partners in this alliance. Don’t stand in line with them to beg to be appointed rabbi of a city or neighborhood. Don’t try to fool us. Don’t turn to us.”

Housing and Construction Minister Yaakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) called Bennett a ‘Reform Jew’, adding he should remove his head covering. Read more at Arutz-7