Charedim Fume Over Coalition’s Plan To Review Religious-Secular Status Quo

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Israel's Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni leads a committee vote in the Knesset, on June 9, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

JERUSALEM (JNS) – United Torah Judaism lawmakers were enraged to learn on Wednesday that Israel’s new government plans to set up a special committee to review the longstanding religious-secular status quo in Israel.

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The panel, set to be formed under the aegis of the Religious Services Ministry, is expected to look into controversial matters such as conversion, kashrut, commerce on the weekends and public transportation on Shabbat.

“It turns out that the prime minister doesn’t only break his campaign promises, but also breaks his word in office,” said UTJ lawmaker Uri Maklev, referring to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s statement that the government was unlikely to revisit the issue of the status quo.

UTJ leader Moshe Gafni said in response to the development that “there will be a war for every ‘T’ crossed and ‘I ‘dotted and, God willing, we will topple this evil government.”
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.


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Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

This is why we must hope the govt fails. We cannot and should not give them a chance. there is no compromising with people who seek to destroy our yddishkiet. CVS increase mamezrim and goyim in our nation. This is a huge tragedy

Anonymous
Anonymous
2 years ago

If all Jews would remove all vestiges of Zionism from their identity, none of this would be relevant.

Kollelfaker
Kollelfaker
2 years ago

So the left has a house Jew to do their dirty work This government needs to be toppled before there is irreparable damage

One step is drummers should stop going and propping up this government. With a radical moslem sitting as an officer