"Hatred of Judaism": MK Zvi Sukkot posted a photo of himself with his wife Chaya and MK Simcha Rotman on Monday morning, wearing a large headscarf. This time, the respondents chose not to attack the MKs, but rather to focus on the headscarf.
Among the comments on Sukkot's post: "What wound does a person who washes next to you have such a bandage? Didn't you hide some son Ulliel there?", "With a million percent certainty there is this huge size that has unnecessary pressure on your wife's head to the spine." Another attacked: "Your wife doesn't have a migraine every night? To go with such a construction is painful." Another user commented: "Kids, who knows where the tablecloth is hiding?"
Dear Chaya and Zvi
Seeks to strengthen you.
This has long been not a protest against the government, but a protest against Jewish tradition.
Strong and strong! pic.twitter.com/Vlt1MnX7Nr
— Bezalel Smotrich (@bezalelsm) October 2, 2023
On the other hand, there were those who expressed disgust at the comments about the headscarf, and condemned the attack: "The attacks on you Zvi Sukkot because of your wife's headscarf are ugly and illegitimate," wrote MK Moshe (Kinley) Tor Paz, "Even when you disagree, there is a way to argue. Certainly not through your partner's attire. Have Happy holiday."
Zvi Sukkot told Israel Hayom: "We are used to these unbridled attacks. This is a very sad event - when you see this week the attacks on prayers on Yom Kippur, the break-in at a screening of ultra-Orthodox girls, the prevention of demonstrators from broadcasting from Channel 14 from broadcasting from the sukkah - then you understand that there is no problem here with the government, but with Judaism itself," Sukkot said.
Closing prayer at Dinzgoff Square to the voice of the protesters \\ Avi Cohen
"There are also disgusting attacks here by prominent activists in the protest movement, and this is a sub-level response. There is hatred of Judaism here. In the name of liberalism and the protection of women, they insult and humiliate women, not just my wife, literally attacking women in the streets for their choice of dress," he said.
He went on to focus on the attacks on his wife: "My wife is a strong man and all these terrible attacks pass by her, but the fact that it doesn't hurt her doesn't diminish the severity of what is being exposed here, the hatred for everything religious."
Gender-segregated event (archive), photo: Gideon Markowitz
Dr. Sagi Barmak wrote in response: "Watch the reactions to Zvi Sukkot's tweet. A similar degradation of a Muslim woman would have been condemned by those who label themselves liberals in recent times. But right now- crickets. In general, we are at an extraordinary stage in which protest against reform of the judicial system has begun to take the form (among its extreme wings) of protest against people with a kippah and women with headscarves. fascinating."
Media personality Yael Zin wrote: "I read the comments on the tweet and am horrified! Borrow. By what authority do you humiliate a woman like that? In the name of false "liberalism." Fichs."
News 13 reporter Moria Asraf added: "Read the comments on this picture and then tell us more about the treatment, exclusion and harm to women. Disgust."
Meanwhile, the Religious Zionist faction in the Knesset also issued a condemnation of the attacks on Zvi Sukkot's wife, writing in a statement that: "All red lines are crossed. The wife of a Knesset member is humiliated on social media by protesters for "wrong" wearing her headscarf, and opposition leaders remain silent. This is not a protest against the government, but a show of hatred against Judaism and Jewish tradition."
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