A report in the Hebrew-language Hamodia newspaper, which is affiliated with the Agudas Yisroel faction of the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, claims that an agreement has been reached between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UTJ Chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf regarding the formulation and promotion of the Draft Law. The law, which is expected to advance in the coming days, aims to protect the rights of yeshiva students and recognize the importance of limud Torah.
According to the report, the proposed law “will recognize the importance of Torah study and of Torah students and will thwart the harm being done to yeshiva students.” Goldknopf reportedly told Netanyahu that the law must pass all three readings in the Knesset before Rosh Hashanah.
The meeting between the two leaders, held at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, included senior officials from both offices and resulted in a commitment to hold a follow-up meeting next week to monitor the law’s progress.
The Draft Law, however, has faced opposition from some members of Netanyahu’s Likud party. MKs Amichai Chikli, Moshe Sa’ada, and Dan Illouz wrote a letter to the Prime Minister following the outbreak of the war, expressing their concerns. They argued that it is unfair for certain segments of Israeli society to bear the burden of security while “others” – referring to the exemption of bnei yeshiva from military service – continue their daily routines.
In addition, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that he will not support the Draft Law unless it gains broad support, including from members of the opposition.
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Israeli politics is so strange and complex! This new draft can never be ratified! Way too much opposition even from within the PM’s own ruling party!
It’s simply DOA – sadly it doesn’t stand a chance.
Maran Hagaon Rav aharon Leib Shteinman put tremendous effort into making nachal chareidi, ultimately it didn’t work out, am not sure why?
Either way my question is why is the elements of Likud or other parts of Knesset trying to make a framework that can be a totally yeshiva based environment for struggling chareidi(maybe it should be Separate and independent from the rest of the army)? Like if they really want it is there efforts on the government’s side to actually make it acceptable to our Torah standards? If they are making effort I am curious what exactly those accommodations amount to if anyone has information would love to know? Is there any statistics of how successful frum people can be in the army , and exactly how much they need?
I feel like in the news we see is a very limited political part of the pic(ie the court wants this… bibi wants that….the chareidi leaders object….) but what is really happening on the ground is completely not in the news.
The Torah clearly says during war temptations are huge, obviously there needs to be steps taken to strengthen/protect the spirit of soldiers who are courageously trying to stay frum in a unimaginably dangerous war that emotionally is very destructive as well.
To think that sending a pair of tzitzit is enough is a mistake obviously, we have 613 mitzvot my question is can the army or at least the dati mizrachi rabanim who are tirelessly working on this very idea of strengthening the soldiers, is there a way to really do way more and way better for the Judaism in the army.
Never mind the Likud members, the Israeli lowlife kangaroo court will certainly cancel it as invalid.
It probably would have to be a “Basic law” (constitutional amendment) passed with broad support. To get broad approval yeshiva exemptions for the military should probably result in denial of government funding. Otherwise it is unlikely to get broad enough support to get implemented.
They should consider an approach in which Hareidim are treated no worse than those Palestinians who choose not to serve in the IDF, with government funding for Hareidi in yeshivos under rules based on those used to fund those Palestinians who decline to serve in the IDF but wish to attend Israeli universities.
Might as well just submit it straight to the supreme Court since they will strike down anything that supports Torah.
It’s a waste of time for petty political points.
Just work it out in back channels as has been done for most of the last bunch of years amongst IDF leadership who, wait for it, don’t want chareidim anyway!
you loser do you not have any respect for the gedolim who have said not like you. Are you sure you are even jewish i see you have a problem with the cchhh sound, as jews (at least ashkenazim) we pronounce it CHareidim.
Honest spirit:
He told anyone who asked him that they would emerge a “total goy” if they went into the Zionist shmad army, regardless of framework.
“no worse than those Palestinians who choose not to serve in the IDF”
Israeli Palestinian communities do not get the massive subsidies that Israel chareidi communities got until recently. And there are at least hundreds of Israeli Palestinians who serve in the IDF.