Ultra-Orthodox Party Yahadut Hatorah to Withhold Prime Minister Recommendation
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
The ultra-Orthodox party Yahadut Hatorah will not recommend a prime minister candidate for the first time in 20 years. Both Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael factions received directives to withhold recommendations. MKs Meir Porush and Eliezer Stark have yet to decide their stance, with some Hasidic leaders favoring a recommendation for Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Yahadut Hatorah will not recommend a prime minister candidate, a first in two decades.
- Both Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael factions received directives to withhold recommendations.
- The party prioritizes legislation on the status of Torah scholars.
- MKs Meir Porush and Eliezer Stark have not yet decided their recommendation.
- Some Hasidic leaders favor recommending Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a significant political shift, the ultra-Orthodox party Yahadut Hatorah is expected to refrain from recommending a candidate for prime minister during consultations at the President's Residence. This marks the first time in two decades that the party will not endorse a candidate. Both factions within the party, Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael, have received directives not to support any candidate at this stage.
Degel HaTorah announced that, following the guidance of leading rabbis G. D. Landau and G. M. Hirsch, its representatives will not recommend any candidate to the President. Agudat Yisrael has issued a similar directive, instructing its chairman, MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, not to make a recommendation. The party clarified that this decision aligns with its election pledge to prioritize the status of Torah scholars.
"The candidate who brings a solution to this issue and legislation will receive the party's support," Agudat Yisrael stated. However, the internal deliberations within Yahadut Hatorah are not yet concluded. MKs Meir Porush and Eliezer Stark, who lead a separate faction within the party called "Chomat Torat Yisrael," have not yet decided how they will proceed with their recommendations.
Some Hasidic leaders within the Council of Torah Sages are reportedly leaning towards instructing Porush and Stark to recommend Benjamin Netanyahu. This unusual decision reflects a strategic move by Yahadut Hatorah to maintain political flexibility amid the ongoing conscription law crisis, avoiding premature commitments to any candidate.
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