MK Yaakov Asher (United Torah Judaism) attacked Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky during a Knesset committee hearing on the Basic Law: Torah Study bill, telling her: "You spit on us and tell us it's rain — this document is a document of hypocrisy, not a legal document!" The outburst came as the coalition continued advancing the controversial bill.
The exchange occurred during a committee session on Monday afternoon, continuing the heated debate over the Basic Law: Torah Study bill. As The Zioneer reported earlier on Monday, Deputy AG Sompolinsky had presented the government's legal opposition to the bill, warning that "legislating a Basic Law chapter is no small matter." MK Asher's sharp response follows that legal presentation.
Asher, a UTJ lawmaker, tore into the deputy attorney general, accusing her office of hypocrisy in opposing the bill, which would enshrine the right to Torah study in Israel's quasi-constitutional Basic Laws. The bill remains a flashpoint in coalition politics, with proponents arguing it protects the Haredi way of life and opponents warning it undermines the principle of equal national service.
2 developments
- DevelopingDeputy AG voices government legal stance against Torah Study Basic Law bill
- DevelopingKnesset Committee erupts in heated debate over Torah Study Basic Law and draft crisis
- StrongKnesset session erupts as MK Illouz votes against Torah Study Basic Law; MK Taieb confronts him
- DevelopingMK Moshe Tur-Paz says Torah study bill is 'a desecration of Torah', will study without exemption
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