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Haredi Knesset faction’s spiritual leader doubles down on need to dissolve Knesset
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. 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"
Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni (left) meets with Rabbi Dov Lando in Bnei Brak, May 17, 2026. (Courtesy Rabbi Lando)
Degel HaTorah spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando doubles down on his insistence that the Haredi party “vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset on Wednesday” during a meeting with faction chairman Moshe Gafni in Bnei Brak.
The rabbi “reiterated and emphasized the message conveyed last night, according to which Degel HaTorah members of Knesset should vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset on Wednesday,” a spokesman says in a statement.
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