Ultra-Orthodox MK claims ‘we have no rights’ in Israel

United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler at an Internal Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 24, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler at an Internal Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 24, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

A lawmaker in the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party claims that he and his constituents “have no rights” in Israel.

“We are in a country in which we have no rights at all. All we have is paying taxes, property taxes and debts for society,” MK Yisrael Eichler says at a UTJ event.

Eichler also appears to swipe at Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, who heads UTJ.

“They are not building for the Haredi public,” Eichler charges.

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