MK Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionism) posted on X explaining his vote against the coalition's Basic Law: Torah Study: 'In the last three years I have regrettably attended hundreds of funerals and condolence visits. I was exposed to the people of Israel and its heroes in all their glory. A Basic Law: Torah Study brought today does not come to glorify the Torah. There are many ways to raise the banner of Torah; controversial legislation that comes with the opposite intention of upholding the Torah is not the way.'
MK Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionism) published an explanation on X for his vote against the coalition's Basic Law: Torah Study during the Knesset session Wednesday evening. Solomon — a Religious Zionism MK who previously served in Likud and was removed from Knesset committees for opposing the same bill in earlier stages — framed his opposition in personal terms: 'In the last three years I have regrettably attended hundreds of funerals and condolence visits. I was exposed to the people of Israel and its heroes in all their glory.'
The bill, which would enshrine military service exemptions for yeshiva students as a Basic Law, has drawn opposition from several coalition MKs including Edelstein, Illouz, Haskel, and Maoz, as The Zioneer reported. Solomon's statement adds a religious-nationalist voice to the internal coalition revolt: he argues the controversial legislation 'comes with the opposite intention of upholding the Torah.'
Solomon's vote marks a further split within the Religious Zionism faction, which had been expected to support the bill. The extent of the revolt within the coalition over the bill remains unclear; the vote results from Wednesday's session have not yet been formally published.
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