In the shadow of criticism: Netanyahu canceled a meeting with the ultra-Orthodox on the yeshiva budget crisis

Following the advertising in Walla! NEWS and criticism of Shas and Torah Judaism demands that the USSR solve the budget crisis, the latter decided not to hold a scheduled meeting with senior finance officials on the matter. Lieberman attacks Netanyahu: "Let's hope it's not an exercise to get a kidnapper"

In the shadow of criticism: Netanyahu canceled a meeting with the ultra-Orthodox on the yeshiva budget crisis

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• The PM canceled a meeting with the ultra-Orthodox and the Finance Ministry on the crisis in the yeshiva budget
• Lieberman criticized: "Let's hope it's not an exercise to get a kidnapper"
• Torah Judaism and Shas demanded Netanyahu to intervene immediately on the issue

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the cancellation of the meeting scheduled this afternoon (Sunday) between the ultra-Orthodox party's leaders and the Ministry of Finance's senior executives on the meeting's budget crisis, in the shadow of criticism following the announcement in Walla! NEWS. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, General Accountant Roni Hezekiah, Head of the Budget Department Shaul Meridor, Deputy Finance Minister Itzik Cohen, Shas and Torah Judaism Deputy Minister Ya'akov Litzman and MK Moshe Gaffney, Netanyahu's entrepreneur Immediately in the crisis of the 2020 budget meeting, created as a result of the political crisis and the failure of the government.

Israeli House Speaker Avigdor Lieberman criticized Prime Minister Olmert's statement, saying "Let's hope this is not an exercise to get a kidnapper." He said canceling the meeting only illustrates how important it is that our home Israel should be strong. "While the health system is collapsing, the budget deficit is over NIS 50 billion and Hamas is sending explosives to the south of the country, the most important thing is to find a budget source for the meetings," he said.

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Canceled the meeting he initiated. Netanyahu and Litzman, today (Photo: Alex Kolomoisky)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jacob Litzman at a Government Meeting, January 19, 2020 (Photo: Alex Kolomoisky, Paul Photographers)

Last night, MK Yair Lapid, one of the leaders of Blue and White, responded to the announcement, saying that "immunity is not only a moral slump, it also costs money." The state is stuck, "he said." The grants to doctors on the periphery have been discontinued, but Netanyahu is not interesting. It is interesting to pay only to those who need his immunity. "

On the other hand, Finance Committee Chairman MK Moshe Gaffney, one of the leaders of Torah Judaism, shrugged off the accusations. In an interview with "Yad Ne'eman", which represents the Torah flag faction, he claimed that his faction gave up positions in the last round of appointments, despite Netanyahu's proposal, and "we made it clear that we will not take a ministerial role because it is a directive from the Torah Council, but instead we ask that he help We must prevent the damage that may be caused to the meetings due to the political stagnation. "

Gaffney claimed that he had recently met Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and the finance officials, and he said, "They told me: 'What do you want, the cuts are in all areas and in all government ministries,' but I explained to them that the yeshiva budget was something else entirely. "The meetings should not be left in such a situation."

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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.

The political crisis has placed 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, then a new government may emerge.