Speaking to Israel Radio on Sunday 28 Adar 5773, Yahadut Hatorah’s Yaakov Litzman explained the current situation vis-à-vis the dati leumi party clearly. Litzman, who took the step to reach out to Bennett shortly following the elections to form a religious bloc, is more than a bit angry, insisting Bennett’s version of the events lack a measure of truth.
When asked what the future has in store for relations between the chareidim and dati leumi tzibur, Litzman explained that the party cannot do what it has done to harm the chareidim and then expect to have life go on as friends – stating this simply will not be the case. He explained the tzibur is not about to act as if nothing has happened when this is far from reality.
Regarding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who Litzman holds responsible for much of what has occurred, Litzman explains the cherem against the prime minister may be long lived, far longer than the current coalition will last.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The Cherem is a harsh decree;
It’s directed at, whoever wants to have our children join their children on the battlefield.
If Maran Harav Elyashiv ZT”L was still here this nonsense wouldn’t be happening. Events and bickering like this make his loss to the klal even greater.
Litzman needs to learn how democracy works. The voters decide who gets to be in the government. All Israeli parties have been out of the government at one time or another. Enough of this childish tantrum! Notice how none of the other parties who are not being considered for coalition are whining about it. What a chilul hashem.
That’s a “frumspeak” way of suggesting that the hareidim will end up with new “natural allies”, meaning with the “Left”, since the Hareidim already agree with the Labor on welfare policies, and the socialists will probably be quite happy to start opposing conscription. If he Labor party decides to join in the anti-yeshiva movement, the result would be the Hareidim allied with the Arab parties, which is less likely, though having the Hareidim as allies means that the Labor could then let the Arab parties into the coalition (perhaps as “supporters” rather than as full members,which is the status that the Ashkenazi hareidim have always preferred).
“If Maran Harav Elyashiv ZT”L was still here this nonsense wouldn’t be happening. Events and bickering like this make his loss to the klal even greater.”
lkwdmama I am sorry that is nonsense. This is not bickering, this is standing up for the most important right of the Chareidi Oilam to learn in peace. It was part of the fabric of Israeli Society which was untouched for years which is now being broken in return for political expediency. Netanyahu in the past was able to stand up to the pressure but is now unable to do so. It is a tragedy. PS I work for a living!
Netanyahu in Cherem is ridiculous.
CHerem is a very serious matter and should not be used lightly, just because some rabbis disagree with the secular government.
maybe we could blame evrything thats happening on everyone except ourselves and put them in cheirem too (if more frum jews in EY then more seats so its everyones fault)
“Litzman explained that the party cannot do what it has done to harm the chareidim and then expect to have life go on as friends”
Interesting, for the purposes of political power Litzman and co. claim to have suddenly discovered that the Datiim are indeed religious (at least I assume that is what is meant by a united religious front) and wanted to be friends. Yet when the Mafdal was down to just a handful of seats it was a mitzvah to despise, denigrate and marginalize the Datiim.
My suspicion is that from the beginning Litzman and co. made no effort at any compromise on the core issues and simply resorted to the same old tactics of threats and personal villification that has intimidated others in the past. What infuriates Litzman is that the old strategy simply hasn’t worked on Mr. Bennett.
Not sure I can recall the ‘true friendship’ of the past between Charedim and National Religious.
Each has a holy agenda that they are interested in furthering and both do not want to acknowledge the values/goals or importance of the other. Let’s get past the fights and arguments, accept the writing on the wall and wall forward with shoulders erect.
The Charedim and the National Religious kehillos are not homogenous at all, there are many of each group that are unhappy, distressed and angered by this coaliton,,,,so to throw out a CHREM will not solidify a future together.