Bnei Brak Mayor said in an interview that the Kaplan protest movement served as the city's best civic educators, according to Channel 14. The remark marks a notable political statement from a prominent ultra-Orthodox leader.
Bnei Brak Mayor made a striking public assessment during an interview published by Channel 14 on Wednesday, stating unequivocally that the Kaplan protest movement — a broad, anti-government activism campaign that dominated Israel's 2023–2024 streets — served as the city's best teachers. "The Kaplanists were our best teachers," he said, according to the report. The comment stands out as a particularly rare public endorsement of the protest movement from an ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) municipal leader, a constituency that has largely opposed the protests' agenda and whose voters supported the coalition. No further context or expansion on the mayor's reasoning was published by the source. The remark may reflect a specific local dynamic or a broader sentiment shift; no independent confirmation was available at the time of drafting.
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