Rabbi Yosef: No wonder secular IDF soldiers are killed in war - Haaretz, August 27, 2007
August 27, 2007 5:24 am Shas, Culture Wars, Holy Wars: The Clash within Civilizations, Israeli Religious RightRabbi Yosef: No wonder secular IDF soldiers are killed in war - Haaretz - Israel News
Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel, told followers in remarks broadcast on Monday that Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in combat because they did not observe Jewish religious laws.