Palestinians should perish from this world: Ovadia Yosef
JERUSALEM: Just ahead of renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestine, an influential Israeli spiritual leader has denounced the move, dubbing the Palestinians and their leader "an evil and bitter enemies of Israel"who should "perish from this world."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the upcoming launch of peace talks an opportunity to secure endurable peace, lasting generations. But, Ovadia Yosef, spiritual head of the religious Shas party in the government, denounced the talks, scheduled to kickstart on September 2, and said,
"Abu Mazen (nom de guerre for Abbas) and all these evil people should perish from this world," "God should strike them with a plague, them and these Palestinians," Rabbi Ovadia was quoted as saying during his weekly sermon at a synagogue near his Jerusalem home.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu today said he is optimistic that a that a deal will be reached during the talks.
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