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NEWS
UTJ Blocks Vote on Draft Deferment Law
By Eliezer Rauchberger
Following demands by MKs Rabbi Moshe Gafni and Rabbi Uri Maklev, the
Foreign Affairs and Security Committee plenum was prevented on Tuesday
from voting on and passing the findings of a team the committee
formed, headed by MK Yochanan Plesner (Kadima), on the issue of the
law for IDF deferments for full-time yeshiva and kollel students.
The team claimed that the law in its current form has failed and that
the entire system should be revamped.
Rabbi Gafni refused to sign the conclusions, and in reaction to the
report, wrote to Committee Chairman MK Shaul Mofaz and to Knesset
Legal Adviser Atty. Eyal Yanon a letter in which he argued that the
very setup of the team was in violation of the law and Knesset
regulations.
Rabbi Gafni asked the committee chairman not to hold a vote on the
team's findings, which were supposed to be submitted as the Knesset's
reply to the High Court, which has been reviewing the issue. The team
was appointed outside of the normal Knesset channels and has no
official standing.
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