A sample of their beliefs:
PM mourns "one of the great Torah sages of our generation"; Lapid, Bennett praise Yosef but Sarid says he won’t forgive him.
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Late Sephardi spiritual leader made a range of inflammatory comments -- involving snakes and sinners, gentiles and Blacks
www.timesofisrael.com
1)
The ‘guilt’ of Jewish victims of the Holocaust:
“The six million Holocaust victims were reincarnations of the souls of sinners, people who transgressed and did all sorts of things which should not be done. They had been reincarnated in order to atone.”
2)
Hurricane Katrina as divine punishment for godlessness and American support for the disengagement from Gaza:
“There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn’t enough Torah study… Black people reside there [New Orleans]. Blacks will study the Torah? [God said] let’s bring a tsunami and drown them.”
“Hundreds of thousands remained homeless. Tens of thousands have been killed. All of this because they have no God.”
“Bush was behind Gush Katif [the Gaza settlement bloc]. He encouraged Sharon to expel Gush Katif… We had 15,000 people expelled here, and there 150,000. It was God’s retribution… God does not short-change anyone.”
— Weekly Saturday night sermon in July 2005
3)
The purpose of Gentiles — to serve Jews:
“Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel.”
“In Israel, death has no dominion over them… With gentiles, it will be like any person – they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one’s donkey would die, they’d lose their money.
“This is his servant… That’s why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew.”
“Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat… That is why gentiles were created.”
— Weekly Saturday night sermon in October 2010
Netanyahu gushed over the cretin:
PM mourns "one of the great Torah sages of our generation"; Lapid, Bennett praise Yosef but Sarid says he won’t forgive him.
www.jpost.com
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his “profound grief” at the passing Monday of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, calling him one of the “great halachic authorities of our generation.”Within minutes of the announcement of Yosef’s death, Netanyahu – who a couple hours later visited Yosef’s family at the Shamgar funeral home in Jerusalem – issued a statement expressing his deep sorrow, and calling Yosef “among the greatest rabbis of our generation.”“Rav Ovadia was a giant in Torah and Halacha and a spiritual leader for tens of thousands,” Netanyahu said. “He worked hard to enhance Jewish heritage, and at the same time his rulings took into consideration the times and the realities of renewed life in the State of Israel. He was imbued with a love of Torah and his people. I very much appreciated his warm personality and his direct manner.”
Netanyahu's war policies are fine, but his domestic policies suck. Israel should avoid putting any kind of power in these cranks' hands.