Ultra-Orthodox Party Won't Join Government Without Conscription Law
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
United Torah Judaism will not join or support a government unless it first passes a conscription law for yeshiva students. Party chairman MK Yaakov Asher stated the party's firm position, leaving no room for interpretation regarding their coalition demands. This declaration sets a key condition for the formation of the next Israeli government.
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- United Torah Judaism will not join a government without a conscription law, stated MK Yaakov Asher.
- The party demands the conscription law be passed before joining any coalition.
- The law aims to regulate the status of yeshiva students.
- Asher emphasized the party's non-negotiable stance on the issue.
United Torah Judaism will not join a government that does not first pass a conscription law to regulate the status of yeshiva students, declared the party's chairman, MK Yaakov Asher. "There is no other linguistic explanation: we will not enter and will not support a government that does not first pass the conscription law," Asher stated. The party's stance emphasizes the centrality of the conscription law to their participation in the next government coalition.