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Rabbi Warns: Arrests of Yeshiva Students Could Spark Global Conflict

8/7/2025

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In Bnei Brak, Israel, Rabbi Dov Lando convened an urgent meeting to confront the alarming arrests of yeshiva students, notably brothers Refael and Baruch Itzhakov. Community leaders rallied together, expressing their determination to resist what they perceive as a state-sanctioned assault on Torah students. Rabbi Lando cautioned that continued arrests could ignite a worldwide conflict.

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In Bnei Brak, Israel, Rabbi Dov Lando convened an urgent meeting to confront the alarming arrests of yeshiva students, notably brothers Refael and Baruch Itzhakov. Community leaders rallied together, expressing their determination to resist what they perceive as a state-sanctioned assault on Torah students. Rabbi Lando cautioned that continued arrests could ignite a worldwide conflict.