Haredim protest against the conscription law (photo: police spokesmen)/social networks
Levin defines the crisis as a "disastrous event", admits that the Likud party must fulfill the promises made to the ultra-Orthodox in the last coalition agreement, but knows that this will have a "terrible and terrible public price" and that the Likud voters do not accept the non-mobilization of the ultra-Orthodox, and also insists that it is impossible to completely rule out a legal order that exists in Israel decades
The Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin (Likud), is one of the most significant factors in the negotiations conducted in recent months on the issue of the exemption from conscription of ultra-Orthodox members of the IDF whose "teaching is their art". , and in fact he is the senior political figure present at meetings and conversations with the heads of Shas and Torah Judaism, senior Likud officials and the government's legal counsel.
Levin has never voiced his opinion on the issue publicly, so the quotes cited here from two closed conversations he recently had in closed rooms are an unprecedented reference to an issue that now threatens the integrity of the coalition. It should be noted that the words were said before the events of the past week and the coalition's decision to refrain from promoting the issue in the government.
He never publicly voiced his opinion on the conscription law. Minister of Justice Yariv Levin/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
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"A catastrophic event," is how Justice Minister Levin defined the crisis. He admits that the Likud party must fulfill the promises made to the ultra-Orthodox in the last coalition agreement, but knows that this will have a "terrible public price". Levin said that Likud voters do not accept the non-conscription of the ultra-Orthodox, and that it is impossible to completely rule out the legal order that has existed in Israel for decades. "We're not on a political adventure," the minister said in those conversations. "This is a truly catastrophic event. Even we (Likud voters - 11) do not accept that the ultra-Orthodox do not go to the army, it is not a matter of right or left and we are in a very difficult situation."
Referring to the government's future moves in the absence of a decision regarding the status of yeshiva members, he admitted Levin: "You can't leave it like that without a law. We are not running away from our desire and commitment to resolve this issue, but I know that the public price will be terrible and terrible."
Despite the decisive words, Levin also added in the same conversations that he "understands the hearts of the ultra-orthodox," as he put it. According to him, "The order that existed here for 75 years, You can get up in the morning and say: we cancel everything and recruit all the ultra-Orthodox. It's not right to do that because it will lead to a strong backlash and the truth is that the IDF doesn't want that either." Levin continued: "It is important to do things in agreement, step by step. The worst thing to do is to push the ultra-Orthodox into a corner, that will not achieve the goal. We will eventually reach a solution, there is no choice."
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