T. Belman. Today it is reported, Arab coalition members threaten snap elections
United Arab List threatens to torpedo budget bill – dooming Bennett government and forcing Israel to early elections.
Normally I would want the end of the government believing that the next government will be a right wing government. But maybe not if the agenda of the current government has greater support like in the proposed religious reforms.
Just 22% of respondents say they trust the Chief Rabbinate for kosher certification; 62% back plan to cut daycare subsidies, which mostly affects ultra-Orthodox community
By Ben Sales, JTA 2 September 2021,
Naftali Bennett, now Israel’s prime minister, pictured in the ultra-Orthodox town of Elad, September 6, 2020 (Flash90)
JTA — Majorities of Jewish Israelis back a range of reforms proposed by the country’s new government, according to an annual survey.
The poll by Hiddush, an organization that advocates for religious pluralism in Israel, takes the pulse of Jewish Israelis on a range of questions regarding government involvement in religious affairs, from marriage to funding for yeshivas to which stores should be allowed to open on Shabbat.
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