In an interview with Yishai Cohen on Kikar, Likud Minister Ze'ev Elkin said the center-left's hatred of the Torah world is a fundamental hatred unrelated to the conscription debate, and that they have made hatred of Haredim an ideological basis.
Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud) made the remarks in an interview with journalist Yishai Cohen on the Kikar program. The statement comes amid an ongoing parliamentary debate over Haredi conscription into the IDF, a divisive issue that has fueled tensions between the coalition's Haredi parties and the secular opposition. Elkin's comments echo earlier criticism of the center-left's stance toward religious communities, though he explicitly distinguished the current dispute from the conscription issue itself. The interview was reported by Hebrew media outlets.
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