University Diaries » ‘[Prime Minister Naftali] Bennett has been called [by haredi politicians] a “murderer,” “evil,” “wicked,” and someone who needs to take off his kippah. The peak criticism came on Monday, when Bennett took to the Knesset podium and was met with screaming and heckling, like the kind that took place during his inaugural speech two months ago. Shas leader Arye Deri yelled in a way that veteran Knesset watchers said they had never seen. UTJ’s Moshe Gafni had to be evicted from the plenum.’

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‘[Prime Minister Naftali] Bennett has been called [by haredi politicians] a “murderer,” “evil,” “wicked,” and someone who needs to take off his kippah. The peak criticism came on Monday, when Bennett took to the Knesset podium and was met with screaming and heckling, like the kind that took place during his inaugural speech two months ago. Shas leader Arye Deri yelled in a way that veteran Knesset watchers said they had never seen. UTJ’s Moshe Gafni had to be evicted from the plenum.’

But come now. This is hardly peak criticism. Religious fanaticism can take you much farther. They haven’t even started in on the kool-aid yet.

Margaret Soltan, August 6, 2021 2:04PM
Posted in: forms of religious experience

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