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The front page of ‘Calcalist’ from ‘Yediot Ahronoth’ this morning was smeared with blatant incitement against ultra-Orthodox: “Secular pays 6 times [sic] more taxes than ultra-Orthodox” | A particularly anti-Semitic cartoon was published in Haaretz newspaper The ultra-Orthodox are furious: “I despise your hatred. It will only unify us more”

Yisrael Lefkowitz, B’Chadrei Chareidim, 3rd Tevet 5783 12/27/2022
The Calcalist newspaper from Yedioth Ahronoth published a cover this morning (Tuesday) that was all blatant incitement against the ultra-Orthodox public. Under the headlines: “The hard numbers of inequality in the burden – a secular pays 6 times more (sic) taxes than an ultra-Orthodox”, trending data are presented with the aim of stimulating the discourse of incitement in Israel and targeting it against the ultra-Orthodox public. The outgoing Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, jumped at the chance and tweeted: “It’s time to wake up.”

Mishpacha magazine editor Aryeh Ehrlich commented on this: “After the megafadeha with the Pegasus fake news, someone at ‘Calcalist’ is thinking of becoming a bytone with an anti-Semitic flavor against populations in Israel. Bonus: the casting of Shahar Ilan, an anti-Orthodox “activist” who for years has been traveling between associations and newspapers to spread From his teaching. I am an ultra-Orthodox who pays 6 times more taxes than many secularists and I despise your hatred. It will only unify us greater.”

Ehrlich also wrote: “The figure is distorted and made up of a tangle of assumptions and generalizations. It is clear that those who earn a higher salary pay higher taxes. How many ultra-Orthodox are accepted into public service? An attempt to paint populations and create a presentation as if if you are ultra-Orthodox you are exempt from tax and if you are secular you pay 6 times as appropriate Less for the press, more for the Israel Beitenu newsletter.”

Media personality Israel Cohen said on Gali Israel radio this morning: “The amount of incitement and fake news being spread against the ultra-Orthodox in recent days exceeds all limits and I hope that the educated public will know not to buy this nonsense.”

Media expert Avi Greenzeig wrote: “To the attention of the Calcalist editors, you missed a small square of empty space in which you could have pushed another juicy headline about the ultra-orthodox.”
The media person David Hacham wrote: “Calcalist is just a cheap imitation of [Haaretz’s] De Marker, Israel’s incitement newspaper. What a fake!!! And to the point: it is certainly not true. But if it is possible to incite, then why not throw us to the dogs?”

Journalist Avi Ravina wrote: Gafni: “Some ultra-Orthodox contacted me and said they are asking for a refund from the tax authority, because today there was an article in ‘Calcalist’ that a secularist pays 6 times more taxes than an ultra-Orthodox. Because they pay taxes and income tax according to the law and there is no such thing as an ultra-Orthodox paying less, everything A lie. The ultra-Orthodox pay like everyone else, I say to all reporters and politicians, we are not afraid of you.”

The left-wing newspaper ‘Haaretz’ was also not left behind and published an anti-Semitic and nasty cartoon by the cartoonist Amos Biederman in which the secularist is seen carrying the ultra-Orthodox on his tired shoulders.