Sources close to United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Litzman reportedly say that deputy minister does not want elections, and blamed Prime Minister Netanyahu for leading the coalition to a breaking point.
“Litzman believes that Netanyahu wants elections, based on the fact that he is not making any effort to end the crisis, and because the Likud is not presenting a compromise proposal,” Channel 10 reports Litzman’s close associates as saying.
“If only the prime minister was working more on it. Litzman does not want elections,” the channel quoted them as saying.
UTJ have threatened to vote down the 2019 budget unless legislation is approved exempting members of their community from the military draft.
In response, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon has threatened to quit his post if the budget isn’t passed by next week, and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has insisted his party will not fold to the demands of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners.
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