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Motty Babchik Explores New Haredi Party Challenging Shas and United Torah Judaism

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First reported by Channel 13 · 19 hours ago

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Motty Babchik is negotiating with senior rabbis to create a new Haredi party focused on opposing IDF conscription and restoring yeshiva exemptions, potentially challenging Shas and United Torah Judaism in upcoming elections.

01Motty Babchik is leading talks to form a new Haredi party opposing IDF conscription.
02The party, called 'Black Flag,' aims to restore yeshiva student exemptions without sanctions.
03It includes rabbis and yeshiva heads from Hasidic, Lithuanian, and Sephardic streams.
04Candidates will be rabbis, not political activists or politicians.
05Surveys show tens of thousands of potential voters, including young and former Haredim.
06The new party could disrupt the current Haredi political balance and challenge Shas and United Torah Judaism.

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