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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Gantz welcomes decision to freeze municipal rabbis bill that ‘sows discord’
National Unity party chair Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.(Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Minister Benny Gantz welcomes the decision to freeze contentious legislation that would dramatically increase the number of municipal rabbis and change the manner in which they are picked.
The bill, set to be advanced today, had enflamed tensions within the coalition.
“While our good sons and daughters are fighting valiantly in Gaza, with 134 hostages in Hamas captivity, we must be united around the goals of the war, and not engage in controversial legislation that sows discord among the people and the leadership,” Gantz says in a statement.
