GAW, Lapid does not just want the Chareidim to stop taking government aid. He wants them to serve in the army and join the workforce en masse; both things that the Chareidim very strongly believe is wrong. But more than that, he wants the Chareidim to integrate into greater Israeli society, something that the Chareidim have always prided themselves on not doing. These things are what sets the Chareidim apart, and Lapid is trying to destroy them precisely so that the Chareidim will no longer be standing apart from everyone else. He is trying to change the very fabric of Chareidi society against the wishes of that same society; you can’t blame the Chareidim for not being too happy about that.
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