Yaakov Litzman tells
:
“If there are new elections, I won’t be running,”
timesofisrael Sunday, December 26, 2021 7:06:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"This is the first time I see dogs giving something to cats,"
israelnationalnews Tuesday, November 2, 2021 5:36:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“I don’t know much about cats,”
timesofisrael Monday, November 1, 2021 8:02:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"I don't know much about cats, but this is the first time that I see dogs giving something to cats,"
israelnationalnews Monday, November 1, 2021 1:22:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Ayelet Shaked
)
:
"The haredi sector deserves to live not only with the Bedouin, they are constantly pushing us for money. Our sector is short 100,000 housing units. Therefore, Minister Deri and I planned to build in Kiryat Gat, and now Elkin and Shaked committed a heinous act and took it away. A day will come and Abbas will want Kasif as well,"
israelnationalnews Thursday, October 14, 2021 8:06:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman says
:
“When he needed ‘Haredi influence,’ he knew how to beg for it”
timesofisrael Tuesday, October 12, 2021 2:45:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"Unfortunately, I do not expect anything from this government,"
ynetnews Monday, June 14, 2021 3:17:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"I personally congratulate Elkin as a friend, but this government must be dismantled, and this we work towards with all our might," "I wish Elkin a short time in office. It's not personal, he has been caught up in a car crash"
ynetnews Monday, June 14, 2021 3:17:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“If he signs all of these coalition agreements, he’s Reform — there’s no difference between them,” “He should take off his kippa… so at least people can understand that he’s Reform”
timesofisrael Tuesday, June 8, 2021 5:44:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman says
:
“What’s the difference between him and a gentile? He wears a kippah. I urge him to remove his kippah. It’s a great chutzpah that he wears a kippah. Let everyone understand that he’s Reform,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, June 8, 2021 2:41:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“I suggest that everyone wait a bit, and they’ll see that everything was done lawfully and in accordance with proper administration,”
haaretz Monday, June 7, 2021 2:33:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"As someone who is closely acquainted with my assistant's integrity and diligence, I know that all the suspicions mentioned today in the course of the investigation, are unfounded," "I suggest that everyone wait and see that everything was done legally and according to proper procedure"
ynetnews Sunday, June 6, 2021 7:32:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman says
(
about Benjamin Netanyahu
)
:
“Agudath Israel is unified in its support of Benjamin Netanyahu throughout all recent election campaigns,”
timesofisrael Monday, May 10, 2021 12:22:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Yair Lapid
)
:
"In response to the journalists' queries, I will clarify that the quotes from the article in the Hamodia newspaper ('The Options for a Lapid government') do not represent the stance of Agudat Yisrael, which acts only according to the decision of the Council of Torah Sages,"
israelnationalnews Thursday, May 6, 2021 1:04:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“I have to say it outright: Me sitting with Lapid and Lieberman is day dreaming,”
haaretz Wednesday, April 21, 2021 4:34:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
"We will stick with Netanyahu and Netanyahu only,"
israelnationalnews Tuesday, April 20, 2021 9:06:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman promised
:
"We will defend the values of religion in every way and we will take care of housing,"
haaretz Wednesday, March 24, 2021 11:13:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman promised
:
"We will defend the values of religion in every way and we will take care of housing,"
haaretz Wednesday, March 24, 2021 8:45:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Benjamin Netanyahu
)
:
“I told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that my condition for entering the government as housing minister was a program offering 100,000 shekel grants for new buyers of second-hand homes in outlying areas, and if the program didn’t pass, I wouldn’t cooperate with the coalition,”
haaretz Friday, February 5, 2021 3:49:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Benjamin Netanyahu
)
:
“I told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that my condition for entering the government as housing minister was a program offering 100,000 shekel grants for new buyers of second-hand homes in outlying areas, and if the program didn’t pass, I wouldn’t cooperate with the coalition,”
haaretz Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:03:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Benjamin Netanyahu
)
:
“I told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that my condition for entering the government as housing minister was a program offering 100,000 shekel grants for new buyers of second-hand homes in outlying areas, and if the program didn’t pass, I wouldn’t cooperate with the coalition,”
haaretz Tuesday, February 2, 2021 1:57:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman responded
(
about The Deputy
)
:
"The decision to oblige hospitals to admit chametz on Passover is outrageous and defiant, and is nothing less than forced public secularism after all the years we have spent fighting attempts to break the status quo"
israelnationalnews Sunday, January 10, 2021 5:51:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“I want police to look and see how the ultra-Orthodox keep the law, in contrast to what’s happening in Balfour,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:28:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“The mayor always complains about what the ultra-Orthodox are doing to the city,” “Had Gur Hasidim not come here, nobody would’ve come here”
timesofisrael Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:28:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“Alongside the need to maintain the regulations, this kind of disgraceful behavior by police at the site is unacceptable,” “We cannot remain silent in the face of these bloody and inhuman scenes, and this must not be ignored”
timesofisrael Thursday, October 15, 2020 2:45:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Amir Ohana
)
:
"I am shocked and amazed at the harsh footage from a wedding that was destroyed tonight to the cry of the guests and those holding the event, due to severe police violence. Along with the duty to observe the guidelines, such disgraceful behavior of the police officers at the scene should not be accepted. This was a loss of control, while exerting excessive force with ruthlessness and without minimal consideration”. “Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana, if public trust in the police is important to you, immediately appoint an investigating officer for this harsh and unnecessary incident. We will not be able to remain silent in the face of these bloody and inhuman sights, and this should not be removed from the agenda. "
israelnationalnews Wednesday, October 14, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"Everyone should go to the synagogue and fast as usual,"
israelnationalnews Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:28:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman disse
:
"Isso é injusto e despreza centenas de milhares de cidadãos"
deutschewelle-pt_BR Monday, September 14, 2020 1:04:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman disse
:
"Isso é injusto e despreza centenas de milhares de cidadãos"
deutschewelle-pt_BR Sunday, September 13, 2020 11:46:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Ronni Gamzu
)
:
"Ronni Gamzu has been planning to shut the synagogues for weeks,"
israelnationalnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:51:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman concluded
:
"I see as a significant violation of values the fact that Israeli holidays have become something that can be harmed, in advance, compared to other areas such as mass demonstrations, the vacation season in July-August, etc. It is unfortunate that the holiday closure was planned and marked in advance by the corona czar amid a lack of appreciation for the Jewish holidays,"
israelnationalnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 12:44:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman wrote
(
about Ronni Gamzu
)
:
"For about a month now, while we have been dealing with the morbidity data in Israel, I warned repeatedly in the face of the intention in advance by Corona Czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu to impose a full closure on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which will prevent hundreds of thousands of Jews from all populations and sectors from praying in synagogue"
israelnationalnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 12:44:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
"In July and August, you left everything open,"
ynetnews Sunday, September 13, 2020 10:13:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“Apologize for [the letter] and then we’ll see how we get out of the complications that you caused,”
timesofisrael Friday, September 4, 2020 5:46:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“Apologize for [the letter] and then we’ll see how we get out of the complications that you caused,”
timesofisrael Thursday, September 3, 2020 11:11:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“The approval for mass demonstrations [outside the Prime Minister’s Residence] alongside the opening of cultural centers, but with continued restrictions on synagogues and the prevention of travel to Uman, have destroyed public confidence in the system,”
timesofisrael Sunday, August 30, 2020 6:36:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“The approval for mass demonstrations [outside the Prime Minister’s Residence] alongside the opening of cultural centers, but with continued restrictions on synagogues and the prevention of travel to Uman, have destroyed public confidence in the system,”
timesofisrael Sunday, August 30, 2020 8:37:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“The approval for mass demonstrations [outside the Prime Minister’s Residence] alongside the opening of cultural centers, but with continued restrictions on synagogues and the prevention of travel to Uman, have destroyed public confidence in the system,”
timesofisrael Saturday, August 29, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“The approval for mass demonstrations [outside the Prime Minister’s Residence] alongside the opening of cultural centers, but with continued restrictions on synagogues and the prevention of travel to Uman, have destroyed public confidence in the system,”
timesofisrael Friday, August 28, 2020 2:40:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“The approval for mass demonstrations [outside the Prime Minister’s Residence] alongside the opening of cultural centers, but with continued restrictions on synagogues and the prevention of travel to Uman, have destroyed public confidence in the system,”
timesofisrael Friday, August 28, 2020 1:06:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Aryeh Deri
)
:
"There is no chance that we can close the synagogues on holidays. Not on Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and not on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) and not on Sukkot (the Festival of Tabernacles). These are holy days where everyone, haredi, religious, traditional, and secular people go to synagogues and there is no chance of them being closed. The Knesset will be open. [Interior] Minister [Aryeh] Deri (Shas) and I will not allow a lockdown during the holidays,"
israelnationalnews Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:02:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“I haven’t seen a situation where an official sent a letter to a president,” “That needs to come from a health minister or prime minister”
timesofisrael Sunday, August 23, 2020 10:59:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
"Prof. Roni Gamzu's letter to the President of Ukraine against the departure of the followers of Breslov oversteps his authority and bypasses the political route which is the purview of the prime minister, the health minister, and the Coronavirus Cabinet,"
israelnationalnews Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:34:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
(
about Ronni Gamzu
)
:
“Gamzu’s letter … goes outside his role by bypassing the diplomatic channel, which is the responsibility of the prime minister, the health minister and the corona cabinet,”
timesofisrael Sunday, August 23, 2020 7:27:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman told
:
“It is unthinkable to have another election campaign during this difficult period, when the economy is in crisis, the infection rate is high and citizens expect the leadership to show responsibility for the people’s needs,”
timesofisrael Monday, August 17, 2020 3:27:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
"We must unite in a joint national effort to prevent going to the polls again. It is unthinkable to hold an election in this difficult time, when the economy is in crisis, morbidity is growing and Israeli citizens expect the leadership to take responsibility for the needs of the people," "Going to elections now would be a serious blow to the economy and to citizens"
israelnationalnews Monday, August 17, 2020 12:12:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“I am not prepared to accept that. I am the head of a party and a former health minister,”
timesofisrael Monday, August 10, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“They don’t let me my public do what they allow you to do,” “You can protest outside all night long against the law, even when the law permits protests, despite it being dangerous, with 10,000 or 20,000 people. I’m not allowed to bring even 30 people to a synagogue and claim that it’s a demonstration”
israelnationalnews Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3:52:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman added
(
about Youli Edelstein
)
:
"Along with the need for extreme caution to prevent coronavirus infection, everything must be done to continue the Torah world, yeshivot and kollels, expand the possibility of prayer in synagogues on a daily basis towards the 9th of Av. We have to adjust according to the size of the place. We held a special meeting with Health Minister Edelstein on the subject and we hope that the right way will be found for the required solution"
israelnationalnews Monday, July 27, 2020 10:19:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman said
:
“You need to bring the police to account and to promise that we won’t experience behavior like this again in our neighborhoods,”
timesofisrael Tuesday, July 7, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT
Yaakov Litzman says
:
“You need to bring the police to account and to promise that we won’t experience behavior like this again in our neighborhoods,”
timesofisrael Monday, July 6, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman says
:
“You need to bring the police to account and to promise that we won’t experience behavior like this again in our neighborhoods,”
timesofisrael Monday, July 6, 2020 8:40:00 PM EAT
Yaakov Litzman accused
(
about Benjamin Netanyahu
)
:
“Netanyahu preferred Bar Siman-Tov’s views. I told him [Netanyahu] that we have to decide who’s the health minister. But the professional echelon developed the recommendations and took them straight to Netanyahu. Occasionally they updated me”
timesofisrael Wednesday, June 3, 2020 4:45:00 PM EAT