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Israeli Minister Fires Ultra-Orthodox Top Staffer Who Spoke Out Against Netanyahu

Summary by Haaretz
Housing Ministry Chief of Staff Moti Babchik was appointed by the current housing minister's predecessor. He blamed the prime minister for the government's inability to pass a bill granting Haredi men an exemption from mandatory military service

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Even his enemies admit that he is an exceptional strategist and manipulator who has survived apparent political death several times. Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu faces a rebellion from Orthodox religious parties that do not want to send their own youth into the army. The fall of the extreme...

Moti Babchik, an advisor to the chairman of United Torah Judaism who also served under former minister Yaakov Litzman, said following his dismissal that the support of the Haredi parties would be given "only to those who know how to work in partnership to preserve the world of Torah." Agudat Israel source: Likud is breaking the mold, they are not firing an employee of a minister they are interested in working with

Moti Babczyk, the strongman in Agudat Israel, came out against Prime Minister Netanyahu in the wake of the recruitment crisis, claiming, "This is a man who sat with us for five years and said, 'I'll take care of you,' and each time he said something different, first reform and then war, right, nice excuses. And everything is fine. But I signed with you. Commit suicide. Like you knew how to come to Yuli and tell him to bring the paper. You should…

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