MK Yitzchak Goldknopf, the chairman of United Torah Judaism and the Construction Minister, has made it clear that the fate of the government and its proposed judicial reforms hinges on the Draft Law, as he stated, “if the Draft Law is not passed during the Knesset’s winter session, the government’s planned judicial reforms would not be allowed to pass and the government may even collapse.”
The Draft Law is primarily aimed at enshrining in law the exemptions from military service that ccharedi yeshiva students receive. Additionally, the latest version of the bill intends to lower the age of exemption, allowing charedi men to enter the workforce at a younger age.
Goldknopf expressed his regret that the charedi political parties did not insist on the immediate passage of the Draft Law when the government was formed in January. He explained, “We had to pass it together with the Ben-Gvir law that was passed at the time, and there was the Deri law, and there was a law by the prime minister who wanted to make sure that there would not be too many MKs, all these laws, and then the Draft Law had to be passed, and if not, a government would not have been formed.”
He underlined that there is a commitment from Likud, stating, “There is a Likud commitment to us that nothing else will pass before the Draft Law is passed. I have the signature of the government secretary here in my pocket.”
Goldknopf also addressed potential obstacles, indicating that if the legislation required an Override Clause to prevent the Supreme Court from striking it down, then such a clause would be included. He added that the charedi parties would support additional legislation granting more benefits to IDF soldiers if it was necessary for the Draft Law to pass.
{Matzav.com Israel}
Silly! And he’s supposed to me a minister representing chareidim. How dumb! The Draft Law will automatically change with judicial reform.
You’ll end up with a Lapid government if you are am Akshan.
Whom is he threatening? Bibi doesn’t even want judicial reform.