Ovadia Yosef

"The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism."

"Saving a life overrides territories."

"It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on law with an emphasis on what is permitted."

"In Israel, death has no dominion over them...With gentiles, it will be like any person – they need to die, but will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one's donkey would die, they'd lose their mon…"

"There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study. Where there is Torah it sustains the world. There are negros there . Negros will study Tora…"

"It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable. The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and …"

"They don't observe the Sabbath, they don't observe the Torah, they don't pray, they don't put on phylacteries every day. Is it any wonder that they're killed? It's no wonder. May the Almighty have mer…"

"A Druze soldier who stood guard to protect Israel against vengeful enemies, and was killed by Ishmaelites - it is proper to say a 'hashkava' in synagogue for the benefit of his soul... The Druze belie…"