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Likud judge resigns to protest party’s support for law barring arrest of Haredi draft dodgers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel Weiser, a judge on Likud’s internal court, announces he is quitting the party after decrying it for supporting a law shielding ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers from arrest.
“I hope, and will act, so that in the coming elections Likud is weakened and forced to ally with right-wing parties that have a moral backbone, who will not surrender to Haredi extortion,” Weiser writes in his resignation letter, according to a copy published by Hebrew media outlets.
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