Senior officials in Degel HaTorah have conveyed a message to the Prime Minister’s Office that they are preparing for an immediate withdrawal from the coalition, as early as tomorrow, if a draft of the conscription law is not submitted within 24 hours.
According to a Kikar H’Shabbat report, after the fast was over on Sunday evening, which was the deadline the UTJ party gave to the government to present a Chareidi draft bill, HaGaon HaRav Dov Landau wrote a letter instructing the members of Degel HaTorah to resign from the government on Monday. HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch signed the letter.
However, the Gedolim later decided to wait a bit longer before publishing the letter in order to allow one last chance for an agreement.
The Shas party is also expected to join the move.
Earlier on Monday, it was reported that Shas chairman Aryeh Deri conveyed a message to elements within Shas that the party is preparing to withdraw from the government “within a few days” over the Chareidi draft law crisis.
According to a Kan News report on Sunday evening, Deri said that “if UTJ withdraws from the government this week, Shas will join the move a few days later. Initially, the two parties will not act to dissolve the Knesset but will make another effort for the approval of the draft law from the outside.”
He added, “If this does not happen, the [Chareidi] parties will call for the dissolution of the Knesset at the beginning of the next session.”
Channel 14 News reported that due to the crisis over the draft law, Deri did not participate in the political-security cabinet meeting on Sunday evening.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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BH, a new government led by Bennet with support from Gantz, Lapid, Lieberman, some members of Likud and others.
I’m sure the Charedi parties will do better with a Bennet government. They have failed miserably and should all be fired.
I’m not a Gadoel and don’t question their decisions but can anybody explain resolving a right wing government and bringing In a new government of Lieberman and Lapid who will be much worse ?
What an incredibly blatant display & act of שנאת חינם as we head into the 3 weeks.
If anything, they should be focused on unity & a strong unified government during these 3 weeks & staying focused on immediate release of all hostages in an act of אהבת חינם
Bibi is following in Churchill’s footsteps. It is not enough to destroy Amalek, you also need to distribute funds to be supported. Maybe Jewish democracy is not viable, and we need a melech to keep the nation united on the goal.
I think people underestimate how much effort and siyata d’shmaya is required to achieve these spectacular victories. How many hours and days are spent by intelligence, military, top politicians making sure things work both militarily and diplomatically. At the same time, prime minister needs to deal with attacks from the left (courts) and the right (all factions that threaten to leave for different reasons). Leaders are human and can achieve even greater results when they are supported instead of being subjects of cheap attacks.