Israeli Finance Committee Chairman MK Hanoch Milwidsky launched a scathing attack on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, accusing her of waging a campaign against the Torah world through measures affecting yeshivos that enroll students whose military status has not been resolved.

Milwidsky’s comments came in response to reports that the Israel Tax Authority has begun implementing new procedures requiring dozens of yeshivos and Torah institutions to certify that none of their students have unresolved military obligations if they wish to retain tax benefits for donors. The move follows guidance issued earlier this year by Baharav-Miara.

Speaking with Kol Barama Radio, the Likud lawmaker claimed the policy was politically motivated.

“The Attorney General’s witch hunt against the Torah-learning community is intended to discourage it, harm it, and distance it from the ballot box.”

Milwidsky went on to accuse the attorney general of deliberately targeting one of Israel’s most vulnerable communities.

“She is abusing this community because it’s easy and because she can. She does not hesitate to harm children, she does not hesitate to harm the weak. She does not hesitate to support, if not participate in, the fabrication of cases against our soldiers during wartime.”

He concluded his remarks with a blistering personal condemnation of Baharav-Miara and predicted she would one day face consequences for her actions.

“She is a cursed woman, a terrible woman, and as for the damages she causes, I am certain she will ultimately be held accountable somewhere. I doubt it [will happen] here, because no one here will judge her until we carry out comprehensive judicial reform, but I am certain there are greater forces.”

{Matzav.com}