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Thursday, August 6, 2020
Haredi party heads believe solution to avert elections near-impossible — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDespite the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox parties issuing a joint call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz to compromise over the state budget to avert early elections, a report says they believe finding a solution is near-impossible.
The ultra-Orthodox Behadrei Haredim website reports that the faction leaders — Yaakov Litzman, Moshe Gafni and Aryeh Deri — estimated during a meeting in Bnei Brak that it would be difficult and likely impossible to mediate a solution on whether to pass a two-year budget, as Gantz wants and as stipulated in the coalition agreement, or a single-year budget as demanded by Netanyahu.
If no state budget is approved by August 25, the country will automatically go to early elections.
The Times of Israel Community.