The Shas movement is furious over a sketch that aired on Wednesday evening on the Eretz Nehederet satirical program, in which the late spiritual leader of the party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, is depicted in a disrespectful manner.
"Eretz Nehederet deserves every condemnation over the disgraceful mockery this evening of the image of the holy Maran, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, whom a million people viewed as a revered Jewish leader and role model,” said the party.
"The time has come for the editors of the entertainment programs to understand that there is a public living outside the borders of Rothschild Street, a public connected to tradition and rabbis, and there are things that one does not make fun of. They would not dare to behave like that to secular ‘intellectuals’. Shame on you," added Shas.