A viral video featuring Jerusalem-based Orthodox Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser has triggered controversy over comments he made about the future of major world powers.
In the circulating remarks, Glaser says that countries including the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Russia, China and others will eventually be brought “down to their knees.” He adds that nations continuing to help Israel may receive more time before that happens, while referring to the Zohar and describing a future reckoning for the treatment of Jews over the past 2,000 years.
Glaser is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and longtime religious educator associated with Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem.
The remarks are dramatic, but the viral framing goes further than the evidence. His comments appear to present a religious or prophetic interpretation, not an announced Israeli government strategy, and available reliable sources do not establish that he was speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The controversy shows how quickly provocative religious commentary can become transformed online into claims about official national policy.
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In the circulating remarks, Glaser says that countries including the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Russia, China and others will eventually be brought “down to their knees.” He adds that nations continuing to help Israel may receive more time before that happens, while referring to the Zohar and describing a future reckoning for the treatment of Jews over the past 2,000 years.
Glaser is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and longtime religious educator associated with Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem.
The remarks are dramatic, but the viral framing goes further than the evidence. His comments appear to present a religious or prophetic interpretation, not an announced Israeli government strategy, and available reliable sources do not establish that he was speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The controversy shows how quickly provocative religious commentary can become transformed online into claims about official national policy.
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