Shas is signaling that if the treasury does not indicate a willingness to increase monthly child allowance payments, the party on Wednesday will vote in favor of dissolving the current government.
 
Despite high-level meetings between Shas and government officials, Finance Minister Roni Bar-On remains adamantly opposed to increasing child allowance payments.
 
From the Shas perspective, the party’s religious mentor, Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita, stated the child allowance issue is a deal-breaker and if the government does not comply, he has instructed the party to bring down the coalition.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)