MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud) told Channel 14 that Haredi parties boycotting coalition meetings have no alternative because the left, he said, wants to establish concentration camps for the ultra-Orthodox. Separately, MK Hanoch Milwidsky blasted Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Amit, calling him a "building violator" unfit to serve on the court, and argued the government should stop participating in his hearings.
In a statement to Channel 14, MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud) challenged the Haredi parties that have been boycotting coalition faction heads meetings, asking what their alternative is if they break with the coalition. "What is their alternative? The left wants to set up concentration camps for the Haredim," Vaturi said, according to the broadcast. The remark escalates rhetorical tensions inside the coalition amid ongoing friction over Haredi military service, a day after Shas rabbi Yitzhak Yosef announced a protest rally against the arrest of draft evaders — as The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday. In a separate interview on the same broadcast, MK Hanoch Milwidsky (Likud) took aim at Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Amit, calling him a "building violator" and accusing him of lacking the authority to preside over hearings. Milwidsky called on the government to stop participating in proceedings Amit manages. Both MKs spoke as coalition infighting over judicial reform and Haredi conscription — two issues that have repeatedly threatened the government's stability — continues.
2 developments
- DevelopingExtremist Haredi activists block entrance to Beit Lid military prison
- StrongExtremist Haredim protest outside Beit Lid military base against draft-evader arrests
- DevelopingOpposition MKs ask to postpone Knesset debate on yeshiva daycare funding for draft-dodgers
- DevelopingSenior Israeli police officers urge halting proactive arrests of Haredi draft evaders
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