Translated from Hebrew
Behind-the-scenes strategy of the Charedi split.
At the end of last weekend, during the opening conference of Shas party's election campaign in Holon and in the presence of Maran the Chief Rabbi HaGaon Rav Y. Yosef, the party's chairman,
MK Rabbi Aryeh Derei, voiced a grave accusation. Derei claimed,
"They betrayed the path of the Torah under the guise of Haredi identity, collaborators from our own ranks. With insane sums of money, posters, a mad campaign of voter suppression, all funded by left-wing money, liberal money, and we have clear proof of this."
In the following lines, we will expose part of the operational method being conducted behind the scenes, a mechanism that in the past was convoluted and complex, but operates easily and smoothly.
The process begins with an impersonator posing as a "Haredi strategist," whose goal is to undermine the standing of a specific court or rabbinical figure. He does not act alone, but is funded with enormous sums by entities with a clear vested interest.
To achieve the goal, that agent identifies young people circulating in the environment of the targeted court. He scatters false promises about his connections and influence, or tempts them with small sums to extract internal documentation from them. These materials are then edited in a biased and distorted manner.
Later, the impersonator easily establishes contact with general media outlets. Reporters covering Haredi affairs, sometimes those who know the subtle nuances of the sector from the inside ("who have studied and interpreted"), receive edited and exclusive materials ("scoops") on a regular basis.
The final outcome serves a far broader purpose: damage to the status of Israel's greatest Torah sages, creation of chaos and division in the Haredi public, or blocking of elements seeking to expose the truth about dubious figures for whom the impersonator works.
Dear followers, who do you think Aryeh Derei is referring to? And will the proofs indeed be presented to the public? Time will tell...
Watch the video for the most fascinating segment from the speech.