Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is a Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, a recognized authority in Halakha ("Jewish law"). He is the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel and the current spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Knesset (Israel's parliament). Rabbi Yosef is a major figure in Haredi Judaism who is revered by his followers. Wikipedia
By Omar Kamil Editor's Summary: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has emerged as one of the most powerful figures on Israel's political and cultural scene. meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2000/issue4/jv4n4a3.html
This is the pivotal subject on which hinges the discussion by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, formerly Chief Sefardi Rabbi of Israel, of whether the mitzvah of settling Eretz Yisrael suspends the principle of pikuah nefesh or not. www.netivot-shalom.org.il/parshaeng/acharey5763.php
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Thus wrote R. Ovadia Yosef recently in almost as many words, regarding the possibility in principle of returning occupied territories as part of a genuine peace agreement with the Arabs (Tehumin, vol. www.ottmall.com/mj_ht_arch/v6/mj_v6i83.html
An 80-year-old rabbi causes outrage by suggesting that the 6 million Holocaust victims deserved their fates www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0821/ovadia.html
