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Lapid suggests revoking voting rights for Haredim who do not enlist
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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid threatens to revoke ultra-Orthodox Israelis’ voting rights in a future government if they do not enlist in the IDF.
If the government’s controversial legislation to regulate Haredi enlistment passes, “then in the next government there will be a simple law: whoever does not come to [military induction] will not come to the polls. Whoever does not enlist, will not vote in the elections.”
“In the current Knesset, a bill was voted down that said those who don’t enlist, don’t vote. Yesh Atid voted in favor. We will bring back the proposal without batting an eye, and we’ll tell the Haredim: This isn’t against you, it’s not a punishment — on the contrary. It’s an invitation to be part of the Israeli story, of our shared destiny, of a country where everyone has the same obligations — otherwise, they won’t have the same rights,” Lapid says.
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