During the vote on the coalition's Torah Study Basic Law, a Shas lawmaker confronted MK Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionism) with a personal rebuke invoking the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, according to journalist Hizki Baruch. The exchange highlights the deepening coalition rift over religious exemption legislation.
The exchange reported by Baruch follows the Zioneer's earlier coverage of Solomon's defection from the coalition line on the Torah Study Basic Law. The bill, which enshrines military service exemptions for yeshiva students, has exposed sharp internal tensions within the governing coalition. Solomon's vote against the legislation placed him at odds not only with coalition discipline but specifically with Shas, the ultra-Orthodox party that views the law as central to its agenda. The Shas MK's reference to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef — the late spiritual leader of Shas — as a moral witness to Solomon's vote underscores the emotional and ideological weight of the dispute, which pits Religious Zionism's more pragmatic approach against haredi insistence on blanket exemptions.
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