Knesset Finance Committee erupts as MK Gafni calls legal advisors 'antisemites' in debate over draft-exempt yeshiva childcare funding

A heated session of the Knesset Finance Committee descended into chaos Tuesday morning when MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) entered the discussion on state funding for childcare for yeshiva students who do not serve in the IDF and called the committee's legal advisors 'antisemites.' Opposition MKs shouted back in protest, forcing the committee to recess. The debate touches on the sensitive political fault line between ultra-Orthodox military exemption and public budgets.

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   Knesset Finance Committee erupts as MK Gafni calls legal advisors 'antisemites' in debate over draft-exempt yeshiva childcare funding

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