United Torah Judaism told the coalition Monday that its entire faction will vote against two legislative items: the authority-transfer clause and the amendment to the Local Councils Ordinance, according to a party statement cited by N12.
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) escalated its coalition standoff Monday afternoon, informing the coalition that the entire faction will vote unanimously against the authority-transfer clause and the amendment to the Local Councils Ordinance if they remain on the plenum agenda. The statement, reported by N12, follows a series of UTJ boycotts and ultimatums in recent weeks over stalled coalition legislation, including votes on the broadcast law, police search-expansion, and the muezzin bill. The party has made passage of the Torah Study Basic Law and a bill freezing arrests of draft-evading yeshiva students conditions for supporting coalition bills, as The Zioneer reported on June 29. The new threat targets two specific infrastructure bills but does not name additional conditions beyond the vote itself.
2 developments
- StrongUnited Torah Judaism to vote against police search-expansion bill
- StrongUnited Torah Judaism joins Shas in blocking coalition legislation unless draft-evader arrests end and Torah study Basic Law passes
- DevelopingUnited Torah Judaism boycotts Knesset votes, cutting session short
- StrongUTJ senior tells Mendi Aztark: Support October 20 election if dissolution bill passes this week
Source and signal
A single-sourced dispatch is never rated Confirmed or Strong. Its Signal strengthens only when a second, independent source corroborates it.
- Internal intake