Moshe Gafni Threatens to Oppose Weakened Attorney General Bill Over Haredi Kindergarten Funding Dispute

Moshe Gafni, chairman of the Degel HaTorah party, has threatened to vote against the bill aimed at weakening the role of the Attorney General. He claims the government's decision regarding funding for Haredi kindergartens has been sidelined. Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, stated that the funding decision will not be approved until the party's representative is included in the Beit Shemesh municipal coalition.

The government was expected to reverse a decision made a year ago, which stipulated that if most Haredi associations did not submit reports on the seniority of their employed kindergarten teachers by the start of the upcoming school year, a retroactive budget deduction would be applied. This funding issue has become a point of contention affecting broader coalition agreements and legislative processes.