Shas MK Yinon Azoulay launched a fierce attack in the Knesset plenum against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and Knesset members from the coalition who opposed the conscription law following Baharav-Miara’s decision that it is “illegal” for Lomdei Torah who did not enlist to participate in discounted apartment lotteries.
“Today, the terrorists’ families are very thankful to the Attorney General and Knesset members Yuli Edelstein, Dan Illouz, Ofir Sofer and Sharren Haskel,” Azoulay said. “Why? Because today, the Dira B’Hanacha lottery opened, and thanks to the dismissed Attorney General, Lomdei Torah aren’t eligible and the families of terrorists sitting in jail now have a greater chance to win.”
“Those Knesset members who call themselves ‘right-wing’, joined forces with the dismissed Attorney General, and with their own hands are increasing the chances of terrorists winning a an ‘Apartment at a Discount’ by excluding Lomdei Torah students from participating in the lotteries.”
Azoulay is referring to the fact that Arab-Israelis (who don’t serve in the IDF) are eligible to participate in the lottery, including families of convicted terrorists serving prison sentences.
“Unbelievable! In the Jewish state, instead of strengthening those who dedicate their lives to Limmud Torah and the Jewish identity of the state, they strengthen terrorists,” he stressed.
“It won’t help you,” Azoulay declared. “We won’t surrender. ‘The more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out.’ Lomdei Torah will continue to sit and learn.”
His remarks come after a unprecedented decision by the Israel Land Authority Council, which determined – at the demand of Baharav-Miara – that regulating military status with the IDF will become a threshold condition for participation in “discounted apartment” lotteries.
The 11th lottery of the “Dira B’Hanacha” program opened on Monday, and for the first time, thanks to Baharav-Miara, Chareidi couples were not eligible to participate.
The step is a particularly severe economic blow to thousands of young Chareidi couples, with the Dira B’Hanacha program the main and almost only way to purchase an apartment in Israel at a lower price.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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To clarify: This is yet another case of tafasta meruba lo tafasta, where the haredi parties’ tafasta outraged the rest of the country and the rest of the country responded.
Before the backlash, haredi who had not served in the army were given the same PREFERENTIAL treatment as combat reservists, that is, preferential over ALL OTHER citizens.
The backlash was that those eligible for the draft but have not drafted will not be eligible to participate at all.
As for Arabs being eligibile, they are not eligible for the draft and therefore not doing anything illegal by not serving.
Haredim who DO serve are eligible just as anyone else is.
nonsense from a poorly reasoned MK
DrAnti-Torah apparently Shovuos has not had any positive effect on you continuing your Torah hatred!
““Unbelievable! In the Jewish state, instead of strengthening those who dedicate their lives to Limmud Torah and the Jewish identity of the state, they strengthen terrorists,” he stressed.”
The parliamentarian knows well that this “State” is neither Jewish nor a State.
Yes of course you know better than Ministers of the government. All the way from the peanut gallery of ywn
All this article is actually saying is:- Baharav miari ימח שמה וזכרונה has secured herself an a permanent everlasting residence in גיהינום with these terrorists
Who needs enemies when we have posters like Shlomo 2 and Dr. Yidd?
You dumb MKs can keep on screaming in the Knesset all you want but it won’t help you.
It didn’t help you anything the past 70 years of sitting in the Knesset. You guys should of listened to the Satmar Rebbe and never entered the Knesset and never relied on goverment money.
Also of you do hold of voting than vote for Likud or some other party, it is much more useful than having your own party, because they will need your votes.
Just look at the ammount of power AIPAC and Tzedek have in America.
Stop repeating the same mistakes over and over, calling new elections is not going to help the matter, because in the best case a scenario where you and Likud don’t lose any seats you will rejoin Bibi’s gov. and be right back to square one
Not sure who you are addressing DrYidd, but the only nonsense I see is your comment.
What exactly is a “poorly reasoned” MK?
Please enlighten us, O wise one
Hey JustFacts,
What were the satmar rebbe have to say about the Internet. Asking for a friend
She’s a marshaas of new levels. Lives without a heart. She needs to be educated to what happened to all past people who targeted chareidim in the worst of the worst. Her day will come soon too.
Satmar uses the internet plenty as we can clearly all see