Government ministers expressed fury at the Attorney General’s Office during Sunday’s Cabinet meeting, following a letter she sent earlier Sunday morning demanding that the government make concrete decisions on imposing economic-civil sanctions against bnei yeshivos who fail to enlist in the IDF.
The meeting took place before the High Court’s dramatic ruling on Sunday, demanding that the government impose draconian sanctions on Bnei Torah and their families.
In the letter, the Attorney General’s Office wrote that the “meeting that will take place today must end with the adoption of operative decisions and instructions to government ministries to act as soon as possible to promote concrete steps to implement the duty of conscription.”
The practical meaning of the letter is a demand to government ministries, primarily the Ministry of Labor, Welfare, and Finance, to withhold benefits and subsidies from Bnei Torah in order to increase recruitment rates through economic persecution of Chareidi families.
A source from the UTJ party told Kikar Hashabbat: “This is a blatant attempt to turn government ministers into policemen against the Chareidi public. Instead of looking for solutions through dialogue, the legal advisory system is pushing to starve families and harm lomdei Torah.”
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi began the discussion by clarifying that the government’s policy is that whoever isn’t learning Torah should enlist, but has no interest in harming lomei Torah. “Why are we considering measures against Lomdei Torah?” he asked.
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs noted that officials at the relevant government ministries have expressed opposition to the Attorney General’s demands to impose economic sanctions on lomdei Torah and their families.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed that he is opposed to such sanctions, saying that the measures “directly contradict government policy and also harm the economy.”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slammed the Attorney General for its discrimination against Chareidim: “I say as a father to a son in the special forces—are you also asking for sanctions against Arabs?”
He added: “Secondly, you will not be forgiven for alienating the Chareidim who do want to enlist.”
Settlement Minister Orit Struck, the mother of a large family, emphasized the importance of government support for families: “Without day care centers, I would not have reached the point where I am sitting here,” she said.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin called the Attorney General and her colleagues a “gang of anarchists,” saying that “their efforts to topple the government failed, so now they want to destroy the country.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Their end will come raboisai, אז ימלא שחוק פינו. Whoever can help them whether an Avreich they know personally or a rosh kollel I promise you Hashem won’t punish you for doing so, you will be in a very exclusive club of holiness
Why shouldn’t everyone register for the army? Is the blood of haredim more red than that of other Jews? A solution could have been found whereby full time yeshiva students would receive a deferment and serve at a later date while others would serve immediately, either in the army or sherut leumi. There are enough paths for service that are coupled with retaining a haredi lifestyle. Unfortunately, the haredi leadership dug themselves into a hole that led to this ruling.
She is a Nazi.
Nbednarsh: The stupidity is astounding. We’re supposed to be the am chacham velo naval.
To all those who actually don’t understand the position of the Torah and chachameha: You can’t create a country in Eretz Hakodesh – where every yid has the right to be – on foundations of kefirah and perikat ol, and then impose on us whatever your taavot dictate.
We, the royalty of Klal Yisrael, never asked for a country, for an army and for a malchut hareshaah. We would have been perfectly fine – and much better off – with living under arabs.
Why are Arabs funded even the ones convicted of terrorism. Why do many secular Israelis avoid the army as well. An army that has girls,trans and gays is not a Jewish army.
nbednarsh, because our Torah forbids it. Enough said and if you want to dialogue about that, you have our biggest minds to contend with. Hashem should save us from your very evil intentions.
nbednarsh, because not everyone is wants to contribute to the State of Israel. The Arabs, some secular people people object to army service and Ultra Orthodox object. Some were there before the State was established. If enrollment of Arabs in the army is optional so should Ultra Orthodox be. They object to the State similar to the Arabs for different reasons.
nbednarsh!!!! You are speaking publicly, in a public forum, against gedolai yisroel, lomdehu vchachumehu—-which shows you to be a heretic who has 0% portion in the world to come.
Now, for all of the self-proclaimed goodie goodies, who will want to yell Lashan Horah etc. you need to understand that laws of lashon hara have gedarim and guidelines that you yourself can look up if you so desire, And, they do NOT protect folks such as yourself who deride and denigrate gedolai Yisroel in public…you may need to remove yourself for a few minutes from your screens and keyboards to look up the relevant halachos in sifrei halachah.
And, to all the liberal, feel good, “conservodox” “jews” or whatever you want to call yourselves, I”m sorry, but you are NOT the arbiter of what does and what does fall in the category of loshon harah, nor are you the arbiter to decide what is “ok” for bachurim and talmidei Yeshivah to do, that is for real poskim and rabbonim who spend their time and days in the daled amos of halacha to decide, not for liberal couch potatoes who spend their time on the internet or for people who spend their time on their smart phones.
Moeisrael, they dont call themselves “conservadox”. They wear short sleeves, mini skirts and even pants, many of them are gay and transgress other major halachas but they insist that they are “Orthodox “.
I actually get a good laugh when the same people who insult gedolim and call them all sorts of names then turn around and say Lashon Hara when you say something bad about Bennett or some other scumbag. Yeah perhaps time to learn the English chofetz chaim book, you might actually learn the exceptions