MK Moshe Gafni notified the coalition Tuesday that Degel HaTorah's two representatives on the Knesset Finance Committee will vote against all budget transfers brought for approval today, citing lack of progress on the daycare funding bill, according to Yishai Cohen.
The threat escalates a coalition standoff over the daycare subsidy bill for yeshiva students. Gafni's move on June 16 — blocking budget transfers at the Finance Committee — follows weeks of stalled legislative progress. As The Zioneer reported on June 10 and 15, United Torah Judaism and Shas have already halted coalition voting in the Knesset plenum, and earlier this week coalition chair MK Ofir Katz told Haredi MKs no majority existed for the bill. Gafni's latest directive to his party's Finance Committee members targets the coalition's ability to pass routine spending, heightening pressure on Likud to advance the bill. No immediate response from coalition leaders has been reported.
2 developments
- DevelopingOpposition MKs ask to postpone Knesset debate on yeshiva daycare funding for draft-dodgers
- 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
- DevelopingNetanyahu tells Haredi leaders: no majority for daycare bill
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