Rav Yitzchak Yosef, president of Shas’ Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, delivered sharp remarks about Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu during his weekly shiur on Motzoei Shabbos, saying he does not believe the prime minister will ever do teshuvah.

Speaking about the spiritual state of the country, Rav Yosef said, “We are living, because of our many sins, in a secular state, not a chareidi state. We pray that everyone will do teshuvah. There are those who have done teshuvah, and there are those whom I do not believe will do teshuvah. Will Bibi Netanyahu do teshuvah? There is absolutely no chance. Eisenkot perhaps will do teshuvah.”

Rav Yosef has previously been highly critical of Netanyahu, particularly over comments the prime minister made about his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l.

Referring to those remarks, Rav Yosef said, “Netanyahu is insolent. He said that my father was a politician after my father said he was pained over the yeshiva bochurim. How can he speak so disrespectfully?”

On another occasion, Rav Yosef said that had Chacham Shalom Cohen zt”l still been alive, he would have strongly opposed relying on Netanyahu politically.

“He would have shouted at the shluchei d’Rabbanan: Why are you relying on Bibi? He is an atheist.”

{Matzav.com}