Shas meeting allegation Party says it is unaware

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Grobweis says rabbis of a Haredi student arrested this week tried to meet Yitzhak Yosef to ask about protesting at the military prison, but Shas prevented the meeting. He attributes the alleged intervention to concern that a conscription protest could alienate traditionalist voters before the election. He expressly distinguishes his conjecture about Yosef's likely advice from an actual meeting. Shas responds that it is unaware of any such event. The account preserves the allegation and response, without establishing the party's motive or a meeting date.

Grobweis reports that Shas prevented rabbis of an arrested yeshiva student from meeting Yitzhak Yosef about a military-prison protest, allegedly to avoid electoral harm from the conscription dispute. Shas says it is unaware of any such event. No meeting took place according to the report, and the alleged intervention's date and motive are not independently established.