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Degel HaTorah Withdraws No Confidence Motion

By G. Lazer

Degel HaTorah announced Sunday night the postponement of its no-confidence motion that had been scheduled for Monday based on directions from gedolei Yisroel shlita.

Maranan verabonon decided that the no confidence motion should be pushed off for now after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed initiative and sensitivity in rectifying the problems in education, religious services and Shabbos desecration through several of his ministers as well as talks with various ministry officials involved in these matters who were instructed to find solutions and show sensitivity toward the chareidi sector.

Based on instructions by gedolei Yisroel Degel HaTorah had tabled a no confidence motion last week due to the government's "harm to the [chareidi] education system, the cancellation of the [hot lunch] program for chareidi students, acts of Shabbos desecration and harm to religious services."

MKs Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz and Rabbi Moshe Gafni told Yated Ne'eman about the reasons behind the no confidence motion in greater detail. In the area of education, the government failed to implement the coalition agreement and has not set up a committee to preserve the independence of chareidi education. On the issue of Shabbos they cited recent instances of chilul Shabbos in which observant soldiers were ordered to desecrate Shabbos unnecessarily as part of efforts associated with the Disengagement Plan. Meanwhile the religious status quo and citizenship laws are being eaten away.

On the issue of religious services political appointments have become rampant, the rabbonim and the religious council workers have been harmed and an attempt is being made to turn to the state court system regarding a clearly halachic matter in Jerusalem.

Maranan verabonon also instructed the party to support last week's vote to postpone the implementation of the Disengagement Plan. The move was soundly defeated in a preliminary reading. Maranan verabonon and Degel HaTorah were fully aware their vote would have no influence, since there was a clear majority opposed to the proposal.

 

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