Deri and Gafni threaten to back Knesset dissolution unless ultra-Orthodox bills advance this week
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and United Torah Judaism’s Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni said after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they had delivered a clear demand from the leading rabbis to advance two ultra-Orthodox bills immediately. The measures are the Basic Law on Torah study and a bill to stop the arrest of yeshiva students.
According to the statement, the legislation should be moved forward this week by convening the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Knesset Committee. The two warned that if they do not see practical steps as requested, they will support dissolving the Knesset as soon as next week.
Netanyahu told them during the meeting that he is committed to approving the laws and will work to speed their advancement.
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