Shas - escapist par excellence :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by David Guy (Israel), Nov 29, 2005 at 15:25

There is nothing to be baffled about. Shas became a new start party springing out of the Agudat Israel / Haredi grouping. In general it was a protest against the exclusion of Sephardim from power ,in what is and probably always will be, the Ashkenasi Haredi party. Specifically it was a protest against the exclusion and ridicule of Spiritual Leader Ovadia Yosef from the Council of Torah Sages.

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A victory-based escapist party? [153 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Camelinspace	Dec 31, 2018 12:24	246895
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Not a good analogy [198 words]	Joshua	Nov 30, 2005 12:04	29150
Short-lived? Perhaps. Dangerous? Certainly! [99 words]	Josh G	Nov 30, 2005 08:49	29131
Tabula Rasa [321 words]	yuval brandstetter	Nov 29, 2005 17:01	29045
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The ball is not in Sharon's court [52 words]	David W. Lincoln	Nov 29, 2005 12:49	28999
An Annex of the U.S.? [160 words]	Jack Lass	Nov 29, 2005 11:47	28994
Response to Jack Lass's Annex of US [169 words]	ubangi	Nov 29, 2005 21:58	28994
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History won't repeat itself [32 words]	Efrat Yaari	Nov 29, 2005 05:24	28969
Kadima: Sharon's Ego Party [142 words]	Frederick J. Bainhauer III	Nov 29, 2005 01:09	28962
Read Revelation 22: 18-19 [88 words]	Dale Ehrgott	Nov 28, 2005 23:41	28958
Short but maybe not so sweet [83 words]	ubangi	Nov 28, 2005 21:37	28948
What is good for the country [107 words]	BATYA DAGAN	Nov 28, 2005 21:33	28947
Unprincipled, Self-Centrist, Communist Sharon [247 words]	orange yonason	Nov 28, 2005 21:24	28946
Sharon's 'Great Leap Leftwards' predicted by Dr.Pipes [79 words]	Ben van de Polder	Nov 28, 2005 20:27	28945
Ariel Sharon [148 words]	Arlinda DeAngelis	Nov 28, 2005 20:18	28943
Reply To Arlinda DeAngelis [278 words]	Mu'een Ud Deen	Nov 29, 2005 16:13	28943
Baruch Hashem! [338 words]	John W. McGinley	Nov 28, 2005 19:57	28941
Kadima [9 words]	Roger W. Talbot	Nov 28, 2005 17:22	28935
Selective facts make for questionable analysis [155 words]	Yair Weinstock	Nov 28, 2005 17:10	28934
Future of Kadima [137 words]	steven l	Nov 28, 2005 16:43	28932
Sharon is the issue, not his party [272 words]	Jean Savoye	Nov 28, 2005 16:30	28930
Labor is Escapist [46 words]	Gamaliel Isaac	Nov 28, 2005 16:29	28929
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"Escapist", Sharon [26 words]	Rabbi Jerome Abrams	Nov 28, 2005 15:50	28924
I agree with your 2-nd point only conditionally. [52 words]	ag	Nov 28, 2005 15:41	28923
Ariel Sharon, a deeply flawed individual [358 words]	Kenneth S. Besig	Nov 28, 2005 14:49	28921
Sharon is a centrist , not an escapist (as in disengagement) [32 words]	Kalman Neuman	Nov 28, 2005 14:49	28920
Thank you, Dr.Pipes... [160 words]	Merle C. Fraser	Nov 28, 2005 14:48	28919