In his response to mounting opposition to the granting of an egalitarian prayer area near the Kosel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explains he did not go behind the backs of the chareidim but quite the contrary. He explains that he asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to probe the legalities of such a reality.
Last motzei Shabbos Shas party leader Minister Aryeh Deri called on the Prime Minister to cancel the planned meeting that was to include the Chief Rabbis of Israel. “If there is no chance of reaching agreement then there is no point in meeting” Deri is quoting saying.
That said, it appears PM Netanyahu is surprised by the magnitude of the response opposing the prayer area decision. However, officials in the Prime Minister’s Office believe if the current situation is challenged in the Supreme Court, the latter’s decision will be far more radical in the eyes of the chareidi tzibur, compelling a situation that will.
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has contacted the Prime Minister’s Office in behalf of the Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael of Agudas Yisrael. It appears the Prime Minister is facing the breakup of his coalition over the prayer area issue.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Hi Everyone,
can anyone explain why the so called chareidy members of the knesset didn’t raise their voice on the draft law as they do now with this one??
does anyone here think that Litzman and Gafni etc were not aware of the Reform agreement and they approved it?
whom are they trying to fool here.
Shame on You.
Satmar Rebbe Ztz”l was right!
#1 Hersheypm: Sitting in the U.S., you are not in a position to criticize something about which you do not fully grasp the complete picture. There is in the medina today a supra-legisltive body called the Israeli Supreme Court that interferes with the workings of the government and its decisions. While a (normal) court in most countries is a judiciary body, in today’s medina the Supreme Court can and does make legislative decisions that would be ruled illegal and unacceptable in the U.S. This needs to be taken into consideration whenever the frum MKs want to oppose something. Because the freie can petition the Sumpreme Court that will nearly all cases rule against the frume. And after such a court decision it’s very difficult to overrule it.
BTW, were you here for the million man protest against drafting yeshiva students 2 years ago? I was. It was a massive effort that took a great deal of planning and coordination. I believe Litzman and Gafni, etc. were involved in that project.
I hope this clears up the matter for you a bit .