07.10.2011                      10.Cheschwan. 5772                      Ta'anit BH"B

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Halevy to ride out storm after haredim, Iran comments

Knesset c'tee chair: Halevy's statement that haredim more dangerous than nuclear Iran constitutes incitement; Halevy issues apology.

Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy responded on Sunday to the growing storm surrounding comments he made last week that religious radicalization is a greater threat to Israel than Iran and [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad.
“The ‘haredization,’ the process of [religious] radicalization is bringing [societal] segregation and the deepening of a rift in Am Yisrael,” he said in an interview on Radio Kol Hai. “It is more serious and more dangerous than any external threat….