Israel’s ultra-Orthodox politicians fear that the ouster of ally Benjamin Netanyahu will diminish the community’s status and have vowed to disrupt the new government
of right-wing, leftist and centrist parties, even an independent Arab Islamist party, a first in Israeli politics. Ultra-Orthodox politicians fear it will diminish the community’s status and have vowed to disrupt and ultimately bring down the new administration, setting up what could be a prolonged skirmish over what kind of country Israel should be.
“I will use what our father Jacob used when he needed to deal with Esau: gifts, prayer and war,” said Uri Maklev, a lawmaker with the United Torah Judaism party, in a television interview with Kan News on Monday. He was referring to the battle between the grandsons of Abraham, the biblical father of the Jewish people.
Another ultra-Orthodox politician, Yaakov Litzman, recalled how he and his allies managed to oust one of Mr. Bennett’s key partners, centrist Yair Lapid, when he served as finance minister in one of Mr. Netanyahu’s governments and moved to cut funding for religious education. “We took him to school then, I hope we’ll continue to take him to school today,” he said as he left his job as housing minister in the outgoing government.
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