Israel – The Israeli government’s judicial advisor, Gali Beharav Meara, took a step that put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a dilemma after she decided to send a letter to the Supreme Court regarding the conscription law.
The Israeli government’s judicial advisor said that preparations must be made to recruit religious Haredim starting from the beginning of next month.
Ghali Bhairav Mayara confirmed that after April 1, the government cannot transfer funds from the state budget to centers for non-religious religious groups.
The “i24NEWS” website had reported that the government’s legal advisor had called for changes to be made in the law, which includes numerical goals for recruiting thousands of Haredim, and according to these goals, the number will be increased and the economic sanctions imposed on them will be tightened if they are unable to achieve them.
Ghali Beharav Mayara called for changing the law and imposing personal penalties instead of general penalties on religious schools, noting that the Haredi parties do not agree with this and even threaten to dismantle the government if an agreement is not reached between the parties.
Following a warning letter sent early this week by the Attorney-General to the Secretary of State, the coalition has been working to develop a new plan, a draft of which was published on Tuesday.
According to the draft, the age of conscription will not exceed 35 years, and commenting on this, Benny Gantz confirmed his position and said that he opposes the amended conscription plan.
Disagreements within Netanyahu’s government threaten its disintegration
In addition, the Hebrew newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” said yesterday, Wednesday, that the religious parties in the ruling coalition threatened to withdraw in the event of adopting a new conscription law that abolishes the exemption enjoyed by religious Jews (the Haredim), thereby exacerbating the differences within Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and threatening its disintegration.
The newspaper added that the religious Jewish parties are threatening to withdraw from the government if the percentage of those who will be forced to conscript is determined in the draft law that the government is trying to pass.
She continued that the government’s judicial advisor announced that she would not defend the law exempting religious Jews from military service, without specifying a clear percentage and quota for the number of those who will be conscripted.
For its part, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted the leaders of the Haredi parties as saying during a meeting with Netanyahu that the demands to put an end to the exemption of religious people from military service contradict the agreement to form the coalition.
Haredi leaders added that there is a fear that the rabbis will ask them to withdraw from the government if a new law abolishing the exemption is passed.
While the religious parties oppose compromising the principle of exempting religious people from military service, ministers, including War Council member Benny Gantz, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and opposition leader Yair Lapid, are calling for an end to this exemption.
It is worth noting that the Israeli government announced the postponement of a session scheduled for Tuesday, to approve the draft law on military service for religious Jews, due to the difficulty of reaching an agreement.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said, “The government has until Wednesday to respond to the Supreme Court regarding the non-recruitment of religious Jews, but the Haaretz newspaper reported that the government meeting was “postponed without setting a new date.”
Source: RT + Hebrew media
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2024-03-29 10:35:34