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Thursday, February 21, 2019
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
UTJ says ‘no’ to sitting in Gantz-Lapid government
The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judasim party has announced that it will not sit in a government led by the Blue and White party of Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid.
While the party had shown openness over the past month to sitting with Gantz, the former IDF chief’s merger last night with Lapid made him persona non grata in their eyes.
“We will fight in any way to continue Netanyahu’s rule, out of responsibility for the nation’s wholeness, the future of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, the state’s Jewish character, the values of religion and the Jewish tradition,” a statement from UTJ says.
