Israel’s High Court of Justice dismissed a petition to begin criminal proceedings against the spiritual leader of the fervently Orthodox Shas Party. The complaint was brought after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef spoke publicly about the judges as “boalei nidot,” Hebrew for people who have intercourse with menstrually unclean women.
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