I asked this question to an Israeli yeshivaman. He told me “מה פתאם? We pay taxes [which he told me is not required under Dina Demalchusa, according to the Chazon Ish]. We’re just getting OUR money back.”
I countered that the state gives way more than the chareidi population’s taxes.
But he told me: $500 million a year [to yeshivos], divided by a million chareidim. [his numbers, I din’t fact check.] $500 a chareidi per year. The sales tax is 17%. Every chareidi pays that amount in sales tax alone.
So even if he’s wrong about Dina Demalchusa , if he’s right with the numbers:
Israel taxpayers fund Bar Ilan and Hebrew University and Chaim Weizmn University.
They fund gas and electricity for Gazans [for the past 20 years]
They fund Netanyahu’s trips to America
Are they not entitled to a drop back for their yeshivos?