While the votes for Labor almost doubled since last week, they would still not get enough to cross the threshold.
MK Moshe Gafni launches a scathing attack on Israeli economists: 'Their war is not socio-economic or security-related, it's a war on religion.'
"Thirteen percent of the population is a cancer within Israeli society," radio presenter Ron Koffman claimed.
UTJ is now demanding that the new Draft Law include an override clause to protect it from the High Court.
Religious and secular Jews need to work together to take back Judaism from the present institutional leadership’s destructive grasp.
Netanyahu has reportedly asked the haredi parties to soften their requests for a draft bill.
The haredi parties are threatening to dissolve the government if the new draft bill is not passed immediately following the summer Knesset break
“The Army of the People” cannot be a hollow slogan. It is important that Israel ease the haredi community’s path toward national service – with care, sensitivity, and respect for Torah study.
The first clause of the bill, called Basic Law: Torah Study, says, "Torah study is a supreme value in the heritage of the Jewish people."
A particularly contentious issue addressed in the poll was the passing of the reasonableness clause. The findings indicate that 46% of the respondents are against it, while 35% are in favor.
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