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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Bans Voting for Otzma Yehudit
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, head of the Council of Torah Sages, has issued a strict public warning prohibiting support for the Otzma Yehudit party. In his letter, the prominent rabbi condemns the party's promotion of visits to the Temple Mount, arguing that such actions violate religious prohibitions and lead the public astray. Furthermore, the rabbi calls for an electoral boycott against the faction, stating that giving them political power contradicts Jewish law and desecrates sacred traditions. He invokes the legacy of his late father, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, emphasizing a continuous ideological stance against political movements that encourage entering the contested holy site.