Words of wisdom: Telling it like it is….
Rabbi Yaron Reuven - from 25 Jul 2024 :
"When a politician says something, it doesn't matter what they say, you should know that everything that a politician says has an agenda, it's never at face value. It doesn't matter who the politician is, if it's an American politician, Israeli politician, a politician from Bangladesh, a politician from Canada, politicians by definition are people that are arguing for agendas. Somebody told me,one time, years ago, that politician originally comes from the word tick - bloodsucker - not sure if it's 100% correct, it's very possible, but nonetheless that's what a lot of politicians do to their followers, to their supporters :They suck as much blood , as much money as they can , from people, in order to fight for people's agendas. So, in reality the politician usually doesn't have his own opinion, he has paid opinions ; whoever is paying him, whoever is supporting him, whoever is giving him money, that's what he's going to preach. If, one day, people that are against Israel are supporting him ,that's what he's going to preach. If the next day, richer people , supporting Jewish people are supporting him, he'll do just that; that's how politicians are, and, unfortunately, that's the case with every one of these politicians; there's no difference among them, they're all coming with their agendas either to gain the public opinion to do one thing or another in order for the politician to gain more money, more support, more power, so they can do other bigger things and it seems unrealistic…"
( Rabbi Yaron Reuven from the question and answers section of his shiur for the Torah Portion for this Sabbath Pinchas
Context : From 1:28:21 Jews are Forbidden to Go to the Har HaBayit (Temple Mount) Today (Political Agendas) to 1:37:40 )
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