"Will return to the age of torch": Demand for Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox after the yeshiva budget was cut

The heads of Torah Judaism and Shas approached the prime minister demanding a resolution to the crisis in the yeshiva budget. Due to the political plunder, about NIS 400 million from coalition funds will not be transferred. Netanyahu accepts his request and initiates a meeting on the issue, but a senior member of the ultra-Orthodox party said solution"

"Will return to the age of torch": Demand for Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox after the yeshiva budget was cut

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Heads of ultra-Orthodox factions, Torah Judaism and Shas, demand that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advance an immediate solution to the yeshiva budget crisis, which has been significantly hit since the beginning of the year due to the political plunder and the government's definition of "transitional government." Minister Yaakov Litzman met with Netanyahu on Wednesday. This is a real problem, it is your duty to intervene. "

Netanyahu accepts the request of the ultra-Orthodox, and initiates a meeting that is expected to take place tomorrow (Sunday) in which the leaders of Torah Judaism, Litzman and Moshe Gaffney, Minister Moshe Kahlon and his deputy Shas Itzik Cohen, general accountant at Treasury Roni Hezekiah and head of budget wing Shaul Meridor, are expected to participate. Talking to Walla! NEWS: "Not sure a solution will be found."

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"This is a cut that threatens the existence of the Torah world." Netanyahu with Deri, Litzman and Gaffney (Photo: Reuven Castro)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset Meeting, Knesset, November 18, 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Last year's conference budget reached a peak of NIS 1 billion and NIS 224 million. Most of the amount, about NIS 800 million, is at the base of the state budget and most of it is expected to go to meetings in the coming year as well. However, more than NIS 400 million comes from "subsidies" and coalition funds, which will not be passed on as a result of the political plunder and the establishment of a new government.

This is because from January 1, 2020, until the approval of a new state budget in the Knesset, Accountant General Hezekiah manages state funds according to the Continuous Budget Rules, which limit monthly spending to the 2019 budget. Will not be given. Against this backdrop, a situation has been created whereby the monthly scholarships transferred have been cut significantly - because their number has increased by an annual rate of 5%.

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The cut "is supposed to seriously damage the Torah world." Yeshiva students (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Yeshiva students coming for exemption, Tel Hashomer Recruitment Bureau, November 28, 2018 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The Hamudia, the Agudat Yisrael faction, headed by Litzman, said this week that the expected cut "should severely damage the Torah world" and the lower number of Yeshivot or Yeshiva students in the Kollel is significantly lower than the original amount For the best. " It also states that "this is a cut that threatens the existence of the Torah world, and the yeshiva directors warn that they will not be able to meet it."

If a summary is indeed reached, it is the exclusion of scholarships for honeymooners from the general restrictions on the management of the state budget in the absence of an approved budget. The political plunder has put the anxious politicians in a problematic position, as they have no bargaining chip to threaten a coalition crisis if the issue is not settled. However, the ultra-Orthodox require at least a partial solution for the next two months until after the elections, a new government may be formed.

Following the advertising in Walla! NEWS, MK Yair Lapid of Blue and White leaders attacked Netanyahu. "Immunity is not only a moral slump, it also costs money.", He said. The grants to the doctors in the periphery were discontinued, but Netanyahu is not interesting. It is interesting to pay only to those who need his immunity. "Israel's House Speaker, MK Oded Forer claimed that Netanyahu is captive by Litzman and Deri." There is no money for special education, no money for health, but once Litzman and Deri tweet, Netanyahu convenes Emergency discussion to find a way to transfer another NIS 400 million to the ultra-Orthodox parties - the main thing to support immunity, "he said." Do not waste your time on the meeting, we will not allow such a transfer in the finance committee. "