Senior Bayit HaYehudi official MK Uri Ariel, who leads the party’s coalition negotiating team on Monday night the eve of 2 Adar 5773, announced he is backing down from his earlier request to be appointed as the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee.
Ariel, number two on his party’s list, will become a cabinet minister if the party enters the coalition. He stated earlier in the week that he prefers to be chairman of the powerful Knesset Finance Committee instead of becoming a minister.
Ariel has now signaled he will not go head to head with Yahadut Hatorah over the committee, which was headed by MK Moshe Gafne in the outgoing Knesset. Ariel added that he has admiration for Gafne’s splendid work as chairman of the committee, which he too was a member of in the 18th Knesset.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Kol Hakavod to MK Ariel….
Perhaps the Religious Ministry can not be open to qualified, reliable and talmidai chachomim of both the Religious & Charedi world.
Zionflag – what does THAT have to do with the article?
The Knesset Finaance Committee is the subject (not the Ministry of Religion)!!!!
#3 WIll Explain.
MK Ariel does not want to hurt the Shas party by monopolizing the finance ministry now it would show a sign of cordial respect for Shas who runs the Ministry of Religion to open its doors to qualified Rabbanim, Mashgichim, Kashrus advisors and Dayanim of the Dati Leumi caliber.