United Torah Judaism celebrates what it says is the “downfall” of its main rivals — Lapid, Liberman, and Bennett.
The Haredi party is set to demand concessions to the ultra-Orthodox draft law as part of a coalition agreement.
Overnight Tuesday, MK Moshe Gafni says: “Liberman, who was responsible for many things, fell. The Jewish Home, which also didn’t like us, and did not cooperate with us from the get-go — also received a blow, and Lapid, who was finance minister and responsible for the draft law and all the decrees, also fell, and this shows that ‘the way of the wicked does not succeed,'” the Kikar HaShabat website reports.
Yisrael Beytenu received six seats, the Jewish Home got eight, and Yesh Atid dropped to 11. Netanyahu has listed the Haredi party among his potential coalition partners.
MK Yaakov Litzman promises to demand concessions on the draft law, but does not elaborate. The demands will likely focus on the criminal sanctions to be levied against yeshiva students who do not enlist.
MK Yakov Litzman speaks during a Knesset session in 2007. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)
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