Religious Zionist journalist Chaggai Hoberman wrote shocking statements in a journalists’ social media group, inciting the murder of religious people and Chareidim.
Someone in the group posted last week about the planned protest by Peleg Yerushalmi, and Hoberman responded by writing: “For a long time now, I have supported implementing ‘Run over every religious Jew, exterminate the Chareidim.'”
The message triggered sharp responses from several group members, with one immediately replying: “What did you write here??”
Reports of the statements spread on social media, causing an uproar. In response to an inquiry by Channel 14, Hoberman—who is religious himself and is identified with Naftali Bennett—said he meant “run over every religious Jew who blocks roads in protests against military conscription.”
But then he escalated his remarks, and when asked whether such a statement was reasonable, he replied that in his opinion, road blockages due to opposition to the draft should be met with physical violence, including breaking bones, “preferably with clubs.”
Many social media users called on the police, the Shin Bet, and the State Attorney’s Office to open an investigation against him for alleged racist incitement to murder. Some commenters described his remarks as antisemitic and as a call for pogroms, expressing shock that someone serving as a newspaper editor would make such statements.
Later on Sunday, it was reported that Israel Police launched an investigation into Hoberman’s statements.
Hoberman has a history of harsh statements against Chareidim. In 2013, he caused an uproar when he said: “I admit that not a single tear will fall from my eyes if I see the yeshivot of Ponevezh, Mir, Slabodka, and Chevron all standing in the same condition as Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin in Poland,” which, as is well known, was destroyed in the Holocaust.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Zionists worked hand in hand with the actual German Nazis.
So it should come as no surprise to anyone, that even today they are the biggest supporters of Nazism and the genocidal murder of Jews.
What? Are you kidding? What about the 613 negative and positive commandments one of which says to love your fellow Yid as yourself. How can you claim to be a religious Zionist Yid on the one hand, desecrate fellow Chareidi Yidden on the other hand, and cannot even follow the simple commandment, ‘love your fellow Jew as yourself’? It seems to be a case of baseless hatred of your fellow Yid. Just in time in one month for Tisha B’Av. Please make up your mind. Either you love H”M and Lo Tzirsach (thou shalt not kill for the uninitiated) or you are of a satanic belief against Torah Law. Torah teaches us to love what we personally find unacceptable. In this case it is the Chareidi protesters who are trying to fight for Torah study full time or part time. What is wrong with that? I am a woman. I am not to teach a Man’s Torah to another Man. However I am here to defend my Chosson’s rights to learn Torah full or part time without impediment. The Israeli government has put up restrictions to defy those basic Torah rights. Please do not get in the way of H”M and H-s Torah Mishpacha. Thank you. And you might gain better insight by joining or supporting a Torah Kollel of your choice DO A MITZVAH, NOT AN AVEIRAH. signed a concerned Chassidishe Chareidi Chabad Lubavitch.
“Israel Police launched an investigation into Hoberman’s statements.” Don’t expect an indictment in that apartheid state!
When the charedim block traffic they are doing it without the support of the rabbanim. They inconvenience an entire nation and put many people at risk. He’s expressing his frustration and to be honest maybe if that started happening, they would stop bringing the country to a standstill. If they cared so much about learning Torah they wouldn’t leave the Bais to bring havoc to a country.
“Hoberman—who is religious himself”
Just because someone wears a yarmulke it does not make him religious (just look at the Perutzos of the Wall). Anyone who calls for the murder of Jews cannot be called religious (unless that religion is Islam).
Why is it shocking? The Peleg group brings bad connotation to people. I think hey should dress differently because they act differently and then they the anti wouldn’t say all they would pick. these people block roads, make people late damage things all in supposedly so they shouldnt have to go to the army/ I know a lot of people who at least pray and learn and dont make a chilul hashem. i agree. i think every chareidi if you cant tell should be run over especially during protests
this is not shocking. this is just zionists being zionists, just like they destroyed “Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin” (sic) under a different name, they want to finish the job untill all of the real am yisreol (those who keep the Torah and are m’amin in the 13 ikarim) are chv”sh destroyed.
Aren’t you just thrilled to enlist in IDF, so you can serve side by side with this tzaddik?
A “frum” zionist. Friends with bennett now it all makes complete sense
Joseph Goebbels,
“Zionists worked hand in hand with the actual German Nazis. ”
You’re close relative was an actual German Nazi in the SS, so you’re not even Jewish!
just like gedolim condemning religious Zionist’s – tit for tat
“Religious Zionism” is idolatry, and they have a decades-long history of harming Jews and Judaism in service of their idol.
I agree 100% that anyone deliberately blocking the road should be run over. I don’t care what they’re protesting. Whether it’s BLM, antifa, pro-Hamas, Kaplanists, union picketers, whoever, if you are obstructing people who are going about their lawful business and you refuse to let them through, then they should have the right to continue on their way and run you over. I understand that in Florida that is now the law, and if so I applaud it.