The Yahadut Hatorah faction in Knesset convened in its weekly session to discuss the possibility of the 21st Knesset dissolving itself and the nation heading to Knesset elections again. It was decided by both factions, Degel Hatorah and Agudas Yisrael, as well as the factions within Agudas Yisrael, that if there are new elections, the current lineup will remain as it is.

The decision was made in light of the agreement between the factions that in elections for the 22nd Knesset, the positions received by Agudas Yisrael in the 21st Knesset will move to the Degel Hatorah faction in the 22nd Knesset.

In addition, it was decided to recommend to President Reuven Rivlin that the mandate to form the next government be given to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu again.

Heads of Yahadut Hatorah, Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and Knesset Finance Committee Chairman MK Moshe Gafne: “These are unnecessary superfluous elections but if we are forced to go back to the elections because of Avigdor Lieberman’s insistence and his political motives toward Prime Minister Netanyahu, cynically using the so-called draft law, the unity and cooperation between Agudas Yisrael and Degel Hatorah, which resulted in a merit that brought the achievements of the last election – will continue in the coming election, and our tefilla and hope is for great hatzlacha and Siyata Dishmaya with the brachos of Maranan Rabbanan Gedolei Yisrael Shlita”.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)