MK Dan Illouz (Likud) sharply criticized the Haredi parties over the Torah Study Basic Law, saying that even a few more days in power before elections do not justify the "spit in the face" of the serving public and the desecration of God's name inherent in the bill. Illouz called on his camp to stand firm on a liberal-Zionist nationalist path and say "no" to the Haredi parties.
MK Dan Illouz (Likud) on Tuesday evening issued a sharp public condemnation of the coalition's Haredi partners over the Basic Law: Torah Study, calling on the national camp to draw a red line. Illouz warned that yielding to the Haredi parties on a bill he considers a desecration of God's name and an insult to the serving public would cost the camp support and lead to electoral defeat.
Illouz's remarks arrive in the context of an ongoing political crisis over the Basic Law: Torah Study. As The Zioneer has previously reported, the bill has passed a preliminary Knesset vote and was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, despite opposition from within the coalition. Illouz himself voted against the bill last week. The controversy has deepened after allegations surfaced that Arab MKs reached a deal with the Haredi parties to support the legislation in exchange for blocking the muezzin bill.
It remains unclear whether Illouz's statement signals a wider rebellion within the Likud faction or a personal stance ahead of the next Knesset votes on the bill.
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