Maran Chacham Ovadia Yosef addressed the issue of women’s exclusion tonight, Motzoei Shabbos, and said, “There are people who do things which our Torah forbids and they must be condemned.”
He said that the Torah advocates peaceful behavior and not violence. Speaking during his weekly Motzoei Shabbos drasha, he said: “We do not hate irreligious people. On the contrary, we love them.”
{Yair Alpert-Matzav.com Israel}