Should astrology, magic and witchcraft be used by Israeli politicians?



The topic was explored at last Thursday’s Hebrew University

conference

on “Magic, Mystery and Witchcraft.”



Topics which were addressed by leading university academics included,

“Jesus the Magician” and the "New Age: The Secret of Harry

Potter’s

Success.” “Magic and Politics” was the final session featured;

discussing “the role magic plays on Israel’s political scene.”

(JPost,

1/12/07)



In attendance was former Interior Minister Aryeh Deri who

“acknowledged

the ways in which his Shas party has routinely used magical elements

such as prayers and curses during elections.” (Ibid)



Justifying the use of Jewish mysticism found in the writings of the

Kabbalah, as a basis for making political decisions, Israeli Rabbi

Isaac

Batzri, whose father is a world-renowned Kabbalist, suggested that the

dates chosen for this past summer’s Lebanese operation “were

‘completely

unsuitable’ for the war, so it was not surprising how we fared.”

(Ibid)



Batzri’s statement upset many in the audience, “who saw it as a

sign of

religious pressure to use traditional Jewish mysticism in making

political decisions.” (Ibid)



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[TBC: Israel would do well to hearken unto the counsel of the prophet

Isaiah, “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now

the

astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and

save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.“ (Isaiah

47:13).