Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel has claimed that he was threatened by a representative of Yaakov Litzman, a former United Torah Judaism minister, over Hendel’s “kosher cellphone” reform.
Hendel made the revelations regarding the alleged threats at a conference in Shoham, Israel, on July 12.
“A man came to me on behalf of Litzman, and clarified to me that if I touch the topic of cellphones in the Haredi sector, I will be erased. The man said, ‘You will be burnt politically,’” said Hendel, according to The Jerusalem Post.
A so-called “kosher cellphone” is a mobile device that can generally only make or receive phone calls and is not connected to the internet….