After the Knesset during a late-night session passed the Norwegian Law on Thursday, former Yahadut Hatorah MK Yaakov Asher hopes to reenter Knesset to become the third member of the litvish Degel Hatorah faction.
However, Asher entering into Knesset will compel with Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman or Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush to resign from Knesset. Both deputy ministers are members of the chassidish Agudas Yisrael faction, which holds four of the party’s six seats.
To date Litzman has signaled he is not considering such a move, unwilling to resign his position as one of the 120 Members of Knesset. Porush has not ruled out such an option, explaining it will increase chareidi representation so he views it as a positive step, however the decision will be made by the Moetzas Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisrael, not Porush or Litzman.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Sounds scary!
How do the חילונים view the inter-tangling of the פרומע? Don’t we have to set the example of how “US” Yidden coexist whether we’re from B’nei Brak or Yerushalayim?
Perhaps just I don’t understand.
Fech. Who cares. It’s all zionist politics.