Did the Haredi MKs Wake Up at the End of the Knesset Term? The Full Story on the Torah Study Law and the Clash with Smotrich

What happened

A Friday-night panel hosted by Yishai Cohen reviewed a tense week in Haredi politics, centered on the preliminary approval of the Basic Law on Torah Study and the daycare law. The discussion also covered the Jerusalem Faction protests, arrests of yeshiva students, and the growing clash with Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The panel asked whether the legislation can survive legal scrutiny and whether the protests are actually changing police policy.

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Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewJun 11, 2026

Did the Haredi MKs Wake Up at the End of the Knesset Term? The Full Story on the Torah Study Law and the Clash with Smotrich

Kikar HaShabbatRight · HebrewJun 11, 2026

Scandal: While the Haredim Suffer Under the Sanctions, Smotrich Will Transfer Billions to His Supporters, and Where Are the MKs?

Arutz ShevaRight · HebrewJun 10, 2026

MK Yossi Taieb: Smotrich Is Playing a Political Game at the Expense of the Haredim

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