Ultra-Orthodox parties are willing to drop their longstanding opposition to Blue and White’s No. 2 Yair Lapid, television reports say.
According to Channel 12, United Torah Judaism’s Degel HaTorah faction will consult will their spiritual adviser, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, on Thursday night with a request to “remove the veto on Lapid.”
UTJ’s other faction, Agudat Yisrael, will similarly consult with their rabbis on the issue. The TV station says the rabbis are expected to approve the request, allowing the ultra-Orthodox party to join a coalition with Blue and White.
Lapid is loathed in ultra-Orthodox circles for his secularist policies during his stint in the government in 2013-2014, which they claim targeted the Haredi population.
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