Israel’s attorney general instructed police to investigate the spiritual leader of the fervently Orthodox Shas Party for allegedly inciting violence in remarks made against Education Minister Yossi Sarid. Shas leaders claim the probe is racially motivated against the mostly Sephardi party.
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