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Netanyahu defies ultra-Orthodox demands, takes Daycare Bill off Knesset agenda in threat to coalition
Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with UTJ MK Moshe Gafni at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defies demands from his ultra-Orthodox coalition partner United Torah Judaism, and orders the so-called Daycare Bill taken off the Knesset agenda.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the chairman of the coalition, MK Ofir Katz, to remove the Daycare Bill from the Knesset’s agenda tomorrow,” says a terse statement from Netanyahu’s office.
According to Hebrew-language press reports, the ultra-Orthodox party informed Netanyahu that it would not support any other coalition legislation before the bill is brought to a vote, with UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler demanding that it be brought to the plenum as early as tomorrow.
