Flag of the Torah Chairman MK Moshe Gafni spoke out against Noa Kirel at the start of the budget discussions on Monday: "My daughter also deserves a budget, even though she didn't learn about Noa Kirel. By the way, I would donate some clothes to her."
Kirel and Gafni, Photo: GettyImages and Oren Ben Hakon
Gafni added: "I have a granddaughter, this granddaughter works, got married and had a son. She contributes to the country's economy and works in high-tech together with her ultra-Orthodox friends who studied at a seminary in Bnei Brak. Her school was half as budgeted as a comparable state school.
"Every time there are different excuses for it, a private school. They study all the core subjects there and she works in high-tech. But there are people sitting here who say she doesn't deserve it, because she's not supervised. She learns more than a secular student because she learns about the heart of Judaism, not just math and algebra."
Budget or dissolution of the government
This week is expected to be fateful for the future of the government, which is trying to pass the budget law for 2023-2024. On Monday morning, discussion began on seven bills that include two budget proposals for 2023-2024 and five complementary laws of arrangement laws.
Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gafni opened the discussion alongside Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz. Tomorrow, (Tuesday) evening. The Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Leader of the Opposition will conclude the discussion and speak on the subject. Around 20:30 p.m. to 21 p.m., hundreds of electronic votes and 00 Semitic votes will begin, which the coalition aims to finish by Wednesday evening. The deadline for passing the budget is May 21, and if it is not approved, the Knesset will automatically dissolve.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and the Likud are convinced that the budget will pass by Wednesday evening. However, as of this moment, the obstacle in the form of the demand for increased budgets on behalf of Agudat Israel has not yet been removed. The ultra-Orthodox faction is threatening not to support the budget if it does not retroactively receive an additional NIS 600 million for Avrahim and educational institutions starting in January 2023.
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