MK Michal Woldiger (Religious Zionism) criticized the coalition's decision to advance the daycare funding bill at this time, speaking Sunday at an employment fair for ultra-Orthodox women. She argued that daycare slots should be given absolute priority to women whose husbands serve in reserve military duty, calling the bill's timing wrong.
MK Michal Woldiger (Religious Zionism) attacked the timing of advancing the daycare funding bill, speaking Sunday at an employment fair for ultra-Orthodox women in Jerusalem. Woldiger characterized the bill's timing as wrong, arguing that priority for subsidized daycare slots should go to women whose husbands serve active reserve duty. Her remarks come as the coalition has repeatedly delayed a vote on the bill—most recently Monday, when coalition chair MK Ofir Katz told Haredi representatives he lacked a majority to pass it. The daycare subsidy bill has been a recurring flashpoint: as The Zioneer has documented, MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) erupted at the Attorney General on Wednesday over the delay. MK Meir Porush earlier urged its final approval, while opposition MKs requested postponement. Woldiger's intervention signals a split within the coalition over the legislation's handling and timing.
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