US EditionHaredi parties boycott Knesset votes over yeshiva draft crisis
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The head of the Yad Aharon Yeshiva, who is currently considered one of the most influential educational figures in the Torah world, launched a sharp and unusual attack against the authorities, and his words are now being published for the first time in Kikar Hashabbat. The background to the anger of the head of the yeshiva, who also heads the organization 'Ezrem Vemaginam', which was established (at the behest of the great men of Israel - the Ha…
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Rav Dov Landau Speaks Last week, dozens of roshei yeshivos from a wide range of communities—Litvish, chassidish, and Sephardic—met at the home of Rav Dov Landau to discuss the draft crisis and the necessity of launching another fundraising trip overseas. The gathering was first addressed by Rav Eliezer Kahaneman and Rav Doniel Wolfson, and the group then recited Tehillim, followed by an address from Rav Landau. “One year ago,” Rav Landau began, …
According to information received by Maariv, security officials made it clear to coalition officials that ultra-Orthodox members would not be arrested – and the storm subsided. This was after the coalition also withdrew its laws this week – following the ultra-Orthodox boycott of the votes.
In light of the ultra-Orthodox boycott of the plenum votes in protest of the recruitment crisis, the coalition has withdrawn all private bills, for the second week in a row. Among the delayed laws: splitting the role of the Attorney General, taking away the power to determine judicial panels from the authority of the President of the Supreme Court, and the law to equalize the salaries of senior officials in the public sector
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