Shas and United Torah Judaism announced Monday they will not vote on any coalition legislation in the Knesset plenum until the daycare funding bill is brought to the agenda. In a joint statement, the Haredi parties blamed the coalition leadership for failing to advance the bill, escalating a standoff that threatens to paralyze coalition business.
Shas and United Torah Judaism have escalated their coalition crisis into an open legislative boycott, announcing in a joint statement on Monday that they will vote against all coalition legislation in the Knesset plenum unless the daycare funding bill (חוק המעונות) is advanced.
This follows a pattern the desk has reported throughout the day. Earlier on Monday, UTJ had already warned it would block non-coalition legislation if the daycare bill was not brought to a vote. By 15:38, Amit Segal (N12) reported the bill would not come up this week. Now, with Shas joining UTJ in a unified front, the coalition faces coordinated bloc action from both Haredi parties.
The daycare funding bill — tied to the politically sensitive ultra-Orthodox military conscription issue — has been stalled in the coalition for weeks. As Israel Hayom reports, the joint statement signals the crisis is no longer a single-party protest but a coordinated Haredi bloc move that could halt the coalition's legislative agenda.
4 developments
- StrongUTJ furious as coalition delays daycare funding vote; Gafni lashes out at Likud
- DevelopingShas and Degel HaTorah Torah Study Basic Law bills diverge in Knesset vote schedule
- StrongDaycare subsidy bill will not be brought to a vote this week
- StrongCoalition chair again tells Haredi MKs: no majority for daycare bill today
Source and signal
- Internal intake