Kadima party leader MK Tzipi Livni, who is the opposition leader in Knesset, joined the growing list of prominent personalities expressing criticism against the chareidi community and lifestyle.

Addressing a party faction meeting in Knesset on Monday, Livni stated that the chareidi lifestyle results in �being pushed to the rear of the bus, halting the construction of emergency rooms and schools which refuse to teach core subjects�.

She told party colleagues �When I spoke with Bibi (Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu) about establishing a working relationship, he told me �I am already committed to Shas��. Livni was referring to talks probing the possibility of Kadima entering the government coalition.

She accuses Likud of selling the national agenda to chareidi politicians. �We are all losers here� she explained, explaining anyone concerned with the nation who does not agree with the current realities is included among the losers. This she insists does not represent being anti-religious or even anti-chareidi, but simply opposed to current realities.

She explains it simply expresses a concern �for the future, the nation�s future, and a collective future addressing all the residents, something that the current administration seems to have forgotten�.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)