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UTJ threatens to boycott coalition votes if bill maintaining daycare subsidies for Haredi draft evaders doesn’t advance
The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party issues a public warning to the Likud party, warning that it will boycott all votes on coalition legislation if a bill guaranteeing the continuation of taxpayer-funded childcare subsidies for the Haredi community is not advanced on Wednesday.
The bill’s advancement is highly controversial amid the war in Gaza, given that the ultra-Orthodox community as a whole does not serve in the military.