From Vas is Neias: Jerusalem – Despite written attempts to clarify a rather lengthy list of past racist comments, Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has been informed by Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein that his nomination for Sephardic Chief Rabbi is “unsuitable.”
YNETnews.com (http://bit.ly/146eN0k) reports that Weinstein informed Eliyahu via letter on Monday that he has concluded that an Eliyahu appointment as chief rabbi would generate legal problems.
As promised, Weinstein waited to make his decision until Eliyahu was given the opportunity to explain himself at a hearing.
In a correspondence with Eliyahu last week, Weinstein asked that the rabbi provide written explanations for 13 past racist remarks attributed to him—-among them; that all Arab students be removed from the Safed College; that “a number of serial killers have turned out to be homosexuals”; and that landlords should not rent or sell apartments to Arabs.
A spokesman for Eliyahu said the rabbi has not yet received official word from Weinstein, but warned that Eliyahu can still run despite Weinstein’s decision and that the AG’s comments might ultimately backfire, causing a groundswell of support for an Eliyhau candidacy.
”Miss? I make $xxxK a year. I can afford to tvarel business class. I own my own house. I am xy years old. I’ve been married and divorced twice. I was a journalist before you were born. Do you think I am stupid enough to fall for some would-be terrorist who asked me to bring home a ticking clock to his Grandma in Toronto?”That was it. She helped me pack up. She let me go through.On the plane next to me was a woman — a major company VP — who had been strip searched just because she had admitted going to Bethlehem during a 5 day business trip. (You don’t admit tvarelling through the West Bank if you want to get through security in less than an hour.)This woman was so obviously gay too.Anyway, those Arab guys must be awfully seductive to be leading those Jewish girls astray.Mind you, if the YouTubes of the violent and yelling men I’ve seen are any indication of the pickings at the settlements, I don’t blame them.