“They don't observe the Sabbath, they don't observe the Torah, they don't pray, they don't put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they're killed? It's no wonder. May the Almighty have mercy on them and bring them back to religion.”

—  Ovadia Yosef

Israel rabbi in fallen troops row, BBC News, 27 August 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6965607.stm,
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