"Amei ha'aretz are humiliating the yeshiva students": Rabbi Landau launches a sharp attack

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Lithuanian community leader Rabbi Dov Landau spoke in London and attacked the treatment of yeshiva students in Israel. According to Israel Hayom, he claimed that yeshiva boys are being persecuted and that the authorities are imposing decrees on them.

According to Kikar HaShabbat, the speech was delivered at the Pillar Hotel at a special dinner. According to Arutz Sheva, Rabbi Landau said that "amei ha'aretz are humiliating the yeshiva students" and that people who used to hate each other are competing over who can call Torah learners by derogatory names.

According to Israel Hayom, the remarks were made against the backdrop of contacts over forming a government and the possibility of bringing the Haredi parties into a coalition, and the rabbi accused the heads of the Change Bloc of competing in defaming Torah learners. He called on donors abroad to help the yeshiva world in Israel.