Coalition chair MK Ofir Katz told Haredi representatives Monday morning he cannot pass the daycare funding bill today, according to a coalition source. UTJ threatened to block all coalition legislation in response but efforts to advance the bill continued.
Coalition chair MK Ofir Katz told Haredi party representatives Monday morning that the daycare funding bill has no majority in the Knesset and will not be brought to a vote today, according to a coalition source. In response, United Torah Judaism threatened to oppose all coalition legislation, arguing that if the daycare bill fails, no other coalition bill will pass. The threat follows a series of delays: as The Zioneer reported on June 10, UTJ was already angered when the bill was pushed to this week after Likud refrained from advancing it alongside the Basic Law: Torah Study to limit public backlash. On June 8, the coalition informed the Haredi parties the bill was deferred amid sharp public criticism. Despite the morning's deadlock, efforts to advance the daycare bill are ongoing. The opposition has previously requested further review of the bill, which would expand state-funded daycare for young children in yeshiva families.
3 developments
- StrongUTJ furious as coalition delays daycare funding vote; Gafni lashes out at Likud
- StrongShas and UTJ halt coalition voting in Knesset over daycare bill delay
- StrongDaycare subsidy bill will not be brought to a vote this week
- DevelopingCoalition whip: Knesset majority holds even if all Arab MKs vote no
Source and signal
- Internal intake