Political commentator Daniel Amram claims that Arab MKs voted alongside Likud and the Haredi parties in favor of the Basic Law: Torah Study, in return for a deal to vote with the coalition against the muezzin bill, which would restrict mosque call-to-prayer broadcasts. The arrangement, he says, was revealed today. The report aligns with earlier reports by Dafna Liel (Yedioth Ahronoth) that the Arab parties struck a deal with Haredi factions to abstain in exchange for scuttling the muezzin legislation. Amram's account adds a claim of active affirmative votes, not just abstentions.
A new claim by political analyst Daniel Amram alleges a broader coalition deal than previously reported in the Basic Law: Torah Study affair. According to Amram, Arab MKs voted affirmatively with Likud and the Haredi parties to pass the Basic Law, with the quid pro quo being a commitment to vote against the muezzin bill — legislation sponsored by MK Itamar Ben Gvir that would restrict the volume and timing of mosque calls to prayer. As The Zioneer reported earlier today (June 10), the preliminary Knesset vote on the Basic Law passed 56-43. Prior dispatches cited a report by Dafna Liel (Yedioth Ahronoth) that the Arab parties had agreed only to abstain from the vote in exchange for blocking the muezzin bill. Amram's single-source claim goes further, asserting active affirmative votes by Arab MKs alongside the coalition. The distinction matters: abstention would not have contributed to the 56-vote tally, whereas active support would have directly affected the outcome. This remains a single, unattributed claim by one commentator — not on-record confirmation from any Knesset member or party. The muezzin bill's future and the precise nature of any Arab-party deal remain subject to ongoing political reporting and possible official clarification.
2 developments
- StrongMK Elazar Stern attacks Arab-Haredi deal on Basic Law: Torah Study
- StrongLapid and Tibi filmed chatting before Basic Law vote, opposition accused Arab parties of Haredi deal
- DevelopingEdelstein and Illouz vote against Torah Study Basic Law
- DevelopingJournalist Amichai Attali slams Basic Law: Torah Study as anti-Zionist after preliminary vote
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