A convert, if he converts through the Orthodox, he has the Jewish gene. If he doesn't convert through the Orthodox, he doesn't have the Jewish gene. As simple as that. Eli Yishai More Quotes by Eli Yishai More Quotes From Eli Yishai There is nothing in Jewish law that says you can't have a woman as a Knesset member, but our rabbis decide what they decide on every subject and the same goes for this. Eli Yishai world We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn't stop with Hiroshima - the Japanese weren't surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too. There should be no electricity in Gaza, no gasoline or moving vehicles, nothing. Eli Yishai stopnothingenoughmoving One cannot forsake the security of Israelis. Eli Yishai israeliscannotforsakesecurity Construction in Jerusalem cannot be halted. Eli Yishai cannotconstructionjerusalem Israelis are displaying buds of xenophobia. Eli Yishai displayingbudsisraelisxenophobia I don't want, under any circumstances, to see in 'Haaretz' a picture of a woman with a baby in her arms crying while policemen deport her. Eli Yishai picturewomancircumstancesbaby Gays and lesbians are sick people. It's definitely a disease. They haven't invented a cure for it yet, but I hope they will. Eli Yishai willsickhopepeople The Land of Israel needs to build and be built, period. Eli Yishai buildisraellandneeds Admitting hundreds of thousands of infiltrators is an existential threat to the State of Israel. Eli Yishai statethreatexistentialisrael Let's set things straight... there are 300 million people living in countries within the Nile basin in horrific economic and security conditions. The $500 that they earn in Israel every month is an annual salary in their countries of origin. Eli Yishai thingssalarysecuritypeople I'm not the Eritrean welfare minister and not the Sudanese labor minister. Eli Yishai ministerwelfarelabor Democracies take time. Eli Yishai taketime This stereotype that haredim don't serve in the army and contribute is false and always was. Eli Yishai falsealwaysstereotypearmy The true and correct solution to eradicating discrimination is by establishing religious Sepharadi educational institutions. This is one of the reasons Shas was founded. Eli Yishai correctsolutiontruediscrimination We are losing the Jewish people in the Diaspora. Eli Yishai jewish-peoplejewishlosingpeople If you want to be Jewish, welcome, but convert via the Halacha. Eli Yishai jewishyouwelcomewant Empires came and went while we, the Jewish people, persecuted relentlessly, facing expulsions and pogroms and the Holocaust, survived. We survived thanks to the Torah and faith in the Lord. Eli Yishai thankslordfaithpeople A law is a law, and it has to be respected. Eli Yishai respectedlaw Syria is still the foundation of the axis of evil, and I'm not sure it's appropriate to transfer Israel's northern front to the axis of evil. Eli Yishai surefoundationisraelevil We have to protect and do our utmost to fortify the walls of Judaism in the land of Israel through legislation that will guard the unique Jewish character of the state of Israel. Eli Yishai wallswilluniquecharacter
