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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
At budget debate, Gafni rails against anti-Haredi ‘incitement’
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Addressing the Knesset ahead of the final votes on numerous opposition reservations on the 2025 state budget, Knesset Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni (UTJ) rails against what he describes as “incitement” against the ultra-Orthodox community during the budget debate.
“Public discourse is full of accusations and incitement. Once again, arrows are being aimed at the ultra-Orthodox public. Do we really want to live in a country where a Jew incites against a Jew,” he asks.
“Where they try to wipe out an entire public just because they choose to live a different way? Over and over again we hear the same tune that the ultra-Orthodox take all the money and receive inflated budgets. Not only are these statements untrue, they are part of a dangerous incitement aimed at creating hatred within our people.”
