An unexpected attack on Minister Smotrich: One of the first decisions of the new finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, was to lower the tax set by the previous government on sugary drinks and disposable utensils. But while most of the ultra-Orthodox world expressed support for Rabbi Ben Zion Mozafi’s decision, one of the greatest Sephardic rabbis attacks Minister Smotrich’s decision with harsh words.
Rabbi Motzafi explains the harms of sugar
In his weekly lesson, Rabbi Motzafi said about the Minister of Finance: “These fools. This donkey lowers the tax on sugary drinks, fool.” Rabbi Mozafi continues his words and explains that many in Israel suffer from diabetes and repealing the law will not add to this matter: “Our country is number one in amputations from diabetes. Over 10 percent of the population.”
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
“It both makes you fat and brings terrible diseases”
The rabbi continued his lesson and said: “These are the well-known ones, there are those who have silent diabetes and did not discover it, and then this diabetes disease, it comes when you eat sugar and drink sugar, drink sweets and anything sweet. So it both makes you fat and brings terrible diseases, diabetes is a terrible disease This fool… one more time, I understand you, but sugary drinks in the morning? What happened,” said the rabbi.