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Full coverage· Politics· Updated

Commentator Slams Potential Haredi Coalition Deal

News commentator Amit Segal fiercely criticized the "Change Bloc's" potential coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties, arguing it breaks a core election promise tied to soldiers' lives. He questioned how those who linked Haredi draft evasion to soldier deaths could now partner with these parties.

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What happened

  1. 01Amit Segal criticized the "Change Bloc" for potentially forming a government with Haredi parties after pledging not to.
  2. 02Segal argued the Haredi draft exemption issue was presented as a matter of soldiers' lives, not just politics.
  3. 03He warned that if a coalition forms, soldiers and their families were used as a "cynical tool."
  4. 04Segal called the potential broken promise the "most blatant election promise broken in generations."
  5. 05He criticized media figures and politicians for not expressing shock at the potential broken pledges.

Segal warned this could mean soldiers were used as a "cynical tool" and called it the most significant broken promise in generations.

Translated and summarized by baba from Arutz Sheva, the latest report. Read Arutz Sheva’s original

The coverage

2 newsrooms on this story

Who covered it

  • LeftNone
  • CentreNone
  • Right2
  • HarediNone
  • ArabNone

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