Police arrested Rabbi Yaakov Yosef on Sunday morning. Last Tuesday, Rabbi Yosef, son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, turned down a police summons calling on him to come to the headquarters of the National Serious and International Crimes Unit in Lod for questioning over his alleged endorsement of the controversial Torat Hamelech (The King’s Torah) book, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Yosef was stopped and arrested while traveling on Route 1 in Jerusalem, Army Radio reported.
MK Michael Ben-Ari said of the arrest, “The police have proved that it is strong enough to arrest rabbis, lovers of Israel, and to humiliate them,” Israel Radio reported.
“When will [police] begin fighting criminals and anarchists,” the National Union MK added.
