Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz on Wednesday condemned a massive chareidi anti-draft protest planned for Thursday in Jerusalem, calling the demonstration “dangerous for Israeli society — and dangerous for the chareidi community.”
The rally, organized by representatives of Degel HaTorah, Agudas Yisroel, Shas and other chareidi factions, comes amid fury over a wave of arrests of Yeshiva Bochrim who ignored enlistment orders.
Addressing the chareidi public before a faction meeting, Gantz said: “At a time when our hostages are returning, soldiers are still in Gaza, and families and businesses are trying to rebuild, you, who didn’t carry the burden, are now poking a finger in the eye of those who did?”
He urged chareidi rabbis and political leaders to intervene and called on the community not to cooperate with extremists. “I call first and foremost on the chareidi public not to cooperate with extremists, and I call on the Rabbonim to stop this madness,” he said.
Gantz reiterated Blue and White’s position on conscription, saying the party will only join a government that enacts a universal draft law. “We will not join a government that sends soldiers to war while also funding draft evasion,” he said.
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Hey look it’s the failed party and failed attempt at prime minister. A completely irrelevant hack who tried to undermine the Prime Minister during the Biden Administration with secret treacherous meetings that went nowhere. Good luck to you Wicked one
The dogs are barking and the train is moving.
a chiloni that hates the Torah, WE are the heroes of the Zionist state, OUR learning is what saves the Zionists. he is a chiloni with his 3 cats and 2 dogs with no future.
Stop missiles? B’zchus keeping learning. Stop draft law? Stop learning and protest. Free hostages? B’zchus keeping learning. Free draft dodgers? Stop learning and protest. Which is it? Does hashem want our hishtadlus or not?
What a moron