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Netanyahu-brokered Haredi unity deal would fund schools that shun secular...
Ultra-Orthodox factions agree to maintain UTJ alliance in exchange for letting schools eschew core curriculum and still get public money, should right-religious bloc retake power
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Netanyahu deal would undercut prime impetus for Haredim to teach core studies
Ultra-Orthodox institutions are currently required to teach subjects like English and math to get state funding. If ex-PM's campaign promise is fulfilled, that might change
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Unveiling Yesh Atid’s roster, Lapid slams Netanyahu for Haredi education deal
PM keeps most of party's 26 sitting politicians in realistic spots, says Netanyahu sold out Haredi children's futures with deal to fund schools that don't teach core curriculum
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Joint List agrees on another united run ahead of deadline for filing Knesset...
Netanyahu said to promise NIS 3 billion a year for ultra-Orthodox education to ensure joint run of Ashkenazi Haredi parties in UTJ; Meretz still willing to merge with Labor
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Will Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox allies ditch him after the election?
Despite insisting they'll never team up with Gantz, Haredi parties may end up opting to leave the opposition to obtain critical funding if the Likud leader can't form a coalition
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Ultra-Orthodox parties battle to keep their voters from switching to Ben Gvir
The Haredi political leadership is focusing its election campaign on cost-of-living concerns, and the imperative to keep its community loyal rather than drifting to the far-right
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Deri and Goldknopf meet, agree to cooperate after Netanyahu-bloc victory
Haredi party chairs to coordinate on issues regarding Jewish identity as ultra-Orthodox factions look likely to play major role on return to government
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UTJ insisting no government without High Court override commitment first —...
Top spiritual leader reportedly tells United Torah Judaism MKs to not compromise on issue, while Netanyahu said to prefer to first swear-in coalition, then agree on policy moves
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Chief rabbi urges High Court override law: ‘Opportunity to amend law on who’s...
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef backs demand by ultra-Orthodox and far-right members of likely next coalition, says bill can be used to overcome top court’s rulings on Reform Judaism
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Liberman calls for chief rabbi’s ouster for demanding High Court override law
Finance minister says action must be taken before government is sworn in after Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef backs bill, says it can be used to overturn rulings on Reform Judaism
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Radio host suspended for saying he hopes Haredi MKs hang themselves with...
Radio103 FM takes Natan Zahavi off air until further notice over rant against ultra-Orthodox politicians: 'Get the hell out of here with the modesty, challahs, candle-lighting'
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Lapid pans Netanyahu bloc for ‘Bite me’ attitude toward critics of...
Outgoing PM claims members of incoming government arrogantly dismissing concerns about legislation that could alter Israel's democracy, warns this may come back to hurt them
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Are Haredi parties standing in the way of their community’s prosperity?
As Haredi factions return to power, can the inward-looking politics of yesteryear rise to the challenge of a community grown too big to live at someone else’s expense?
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Disposable plastics trigger culture war, testing government cohesion
A tax on single-use tableware that took a bite out of pollution is seen by ultra-Orthodox as an assault on their community; repealing it became a priority for Haredi parties
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Haredi education budget said raised by 40%, but UTJ laments promises not...
Party reportedly threatening to oppose state budget if funding equalized with non-Haredi schools; Channel 12 says treasury officials don't remember a hike of this size
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