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Monday, July 3, 2023
Committee advances bill to give Haredi candidates preference in government companies, city halls
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCarrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
The Knesset’s Welfare Committee advances a bill that would give ultra-Orthodox candidates preferred representation in government companies and city halls.
The bill would create affirmative action for Haredi job candidates, giving them preference over similarly qualified non-ultra-Orthodox candidates.
It would also guarantee jobs for Haredi candidates by requiring certain local authorities to employ Haredim at a rate proportional to their representation in the population.
United Torah Judaism lawmaker Moshe Gafni, who backed the bill, tells the committee, “You always say that there’s a need to integrate the Haredi population in the workforce. Here you go.”
The bill is approved for its first reading on the Knesset floor.
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