The chairman of the coalition, Ofir Katz, announced this morning (Tuesday) that the “Rabbi Law”, which has been at the center of a coalition conflict for the past day, will be removed from the agenda and will not go up for legislation in the Constitution Committee.
“After speaking with the leaders of the coalition factions, as well as after speaking with Shas Chairman Rabbi Aryeh Deri, it was decided that at this time it is not right to promote controversial legislation. Therefore, the rabbinical bill will be removed from the agenda. These days our duty is to strive for unity With as much people as possible,” said Katz.
The chairman of the state camp, Minister Benny Gantz, said: “I welcome the removal of the rabbinic law from the agenda.” While our good sons and daughters are fighting valiantly in Gaza, when 134 are kidnapped and kidnapped by Hamas, we must be united around the goals of the war, and not engage in controversial legislation that will sow discord among the people and the leadership.’
MK Matan Kahane, the state camp: “The coalition did well to freeze the advancement of the rabbinic law and the law to cancel the kosher reform, laws that would undoubtedly have harmed the public interest. War is the time for unity and not for the advancement of such fiercely disputed laws.”
As a reminder, it was announced yesterday that the coalition will continue to promote the rabbinic law despite Gantz and Saar’s veto, the reasoning being – Gantz voted against the budget and traveled abroad without the government’s approval. The coalition’s claim: The state camp are the ones who violated the agreement when they voted against the budget, when Gantz went to the US without permission, and in other votes that did not cooperate with the coalition. An agreement cannot be unilateral.
Regarding the election of the rabbi of the city and local council, the change in the bill is that the assembly that elects the rabbi of the city/local council will consist of 50% of the members of the local authority council + the head of the religious council, 25% of public representatives including the minister, 25% of the chief rabbis and members of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel . The meaning of the change is the weakening of the power of the local authority in electing the rabbi of the city in contrast to the strengthening of the power of the Minister and the Council of Rabbis. Reducing the number of residents of the local authority involved in the election and introducing external factors into the election process.
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