Okay guys, this is getting out of control here. I was very careful to avoid any kind of insults--I just said what is public fact--that it seems oddly coincidental that ROY's positions are always identical to those of the Israeli government and that he receives enormous funding for his yeshivas whenever he makes a halachic ruling that supports the government position. Why do ROY and his party, Shas, receive so much more funding for their yeshivas than HaRav Cook, HaRav Dov Lior, HaRav Eliyahu, etc.? Do you really all think that it is unreasonable to surmise that because the three latter-mentioned Rebbes do NOT consistently tow the Bolshevik government line, they don't get the funding that Shas does?
I am very familiar with the rules of the forum. It's against the rules to INSULT Torah scholars, not to question their decisions and motives. Somebody said that it is impermissible to even disagree with the Torah interpretation of a "Torah Scholar". That's absolutely ridiculous and borderline idolatrous (I know full well Judaism does not support deifying anybody) and even as a Gentile I know that that is not actually found in Judaism. Moreover, the person who made that statement has often made attacks on the Catholic definition of papal authority, which is little different than the way he defined the authority of a Torah Scholar.
Some people said that it couldn't possibly be known that land-for-peace endangers Jewish lives back in the early 90s. Gimme a break guys. After Egypt handed over the Sinai, the PLO began launching lethal attacks out of Lebanon and started the Second Intifada. It was always obvious. How can a brilliant Torah genius not have understanding of the realities of life in Israel, particularly if you all say that he has to be a shrewd political pragmatist in order to survive in the Holy Land? You are talking out of both sides of your mouth!
EDIT: It seems oddly coincidental that the Shas interior minister wanted Chaim kept out of Israel considering that Chaim's main target audience, at that time, would have been ultra-religious Sephardi youth who traditionally follow Shas by default. Hmmm, I wonder if Shas feared that Chaim would get huge and take all of their votes.