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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Shas Leader-Harav Ovadia slams US: We're not their slaves

(Ynet).In his weekly sermon Saturday evening, Shas' spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef slammed US President Barack Obama and other western leaders for pressuring Israel to freeze construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

"'You can't build here, you can't build there' – it's as if we were their slaves," the rabbi protested. stating a phrase from the Bible:"We are being ruled by slaves," he said," adding that, "Our messiah will come and throw them out."