A Senior Saudi Political Figure Takes the Palestinian Leadership to Task
Missed opportunities.
October 7, 2020
Troubled and frustrated by their own communities’ behavior.
As is the case in New York City, ḥaredi Jews in Israel are receiving special scrutiny for their alleged and real violations of social-distancing restrictions. Most recently, pictures have circulated of closely packed mourners at the funeral of the Pittsburgher rebbe, who himself died of complications from COVID-19. And as in New York, not all criticism of such scenes is external. Haviv Rettig Gur writes:
Missed opportunities.
A global criminal network.
Troubled and frustrated by their own communities’ behavior.
While others saw him as a skeptic.
The exception that proves the rule.
As is the case in New York City, ḥaredi Jews in Israel are receiving special scrutiny for their alleged and real violations of social-distancing restrictions. Most recently, pictures have circulated of closely packed mourners at the funeral of the Pittsburgher rebbe, who himself died of complications from COVID-19. And as in New York, not all criticism of such scenes is external. Haviv Rettig Gur writes:
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