It began with the court instructing Agudas Yisrael to respond, explaining why it prohibits women from joining the party, entering the leadership or running for Knesset. MK Yisrael Eichler acquiesced and provided an explanation as to why there are no women in the party lineup in Knesset.
Then, the High Court of Justice ordered the chareidi party to accept women, deeming its current policy discriminatory. The chareidi party has informed the court it intends to comply, by removing the objectionable regulation from its bylaws, as reported by Maariv on Monday, 23 Elul. The court ruling was handed down on July 31, 2018, citing Paragraph 6a, which bars women, must be amended.
In an effort to comply with the ruling, the party is eliminating the objectionable regulation, with officials explaining it will make no difference. While it will satisfy the court ruling for now, anyone wishing to join will have to obtain the approval of the Moetzas Gedolei Torah of the party, and clearly, the body council will not be abiding by the ruling any day in the near future.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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in simple English this means they agree to remove the halakha but continue the practice as a minhag. others might characterize this a bit more critically
This is where we go pear shaped
A court in Saudi would not dare to try anything like this
Some ask why I am not particularly fond of the State, it’s rulings like this which make me anti
May moshiach arrive before Rosh Hashono
Kesiva ve chasima toyvo
there is no reason to have to have women in any party list. If she is good and she will bring in votes, it is one thing, but just to force a party to have women on the list???
so does that make sense???
luckshun kugel, no your statements don’t make sense. The party isn’t forced to have a woman. They are required to not bar or forbid a women in their party, if she were to show interest. This isn’t keeping Moshiach from coming.
It’s highly unlikely that any woman meeting the religious standards and eligible to join Agudah is going to actually do so. A woman coming from outside who wanted to join would be disqualified on religious grounds. So – no problem. As TGI says, the problem was the bar was written into the bylaws. Taking it out won’t make any practical difference.