Agreements have been reached: the government will approve a 39 million shekel budget for haredi kindergarten teachers, and in return United Torah Judaism will support the bill to split the attorney general's position, according to i24NEWS.
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and the coalition have reached a final agreement on the haredi daycare funding dispute, according to i24NEWS. The government will approve a 39 million shekel budget for haredi kindergarten teachers, and in return, UTJ will vote in favor of the bill to split the attorney general's position.
The breakthrough comes hours after MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) announced that his party would not vote on the AG split bill until the daycare funding issue was resolved. The coalition subsequently accepted Gafni's demand, keeping the teachers' salary supplement on the government agenda. The formal deal was announced Wednesday evening, clearing the path for the AG split legislation to advance.
The agreement resolves a weeks-long standoff that had threatened coalition stability. The AG split bill, which would divide the attorney general's role into separate legal advisor and prosecution functions, has been a key legislative priority for the coalition. The daycare funding for private haredi kindergartens had been a core demand of UTJ.
3 developments
- DevelopingHaredi parties expected to back coalition bills today, including state inquiry and AG split, reporter says
- StrongCoalition Accepts Gafni's Demand: Haredi Kindergarten Teacher Pay Raise to Stay on Agenda
- DevelopingCoalition reaches deal with ultra-Orthodox parties on key legislative package
- DevelopingCoalition expected to pass attorney general split bill tonight, MK Saada says
Source and signal
- Internal intake