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08-10-03, 18:10
NRP threatens to quit as gov't okays Religious Min. breakup
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff
Members of the National Religious Party were meeting Wednesday evening to discuss quitting the government in the wake of a cabinet decision earlier in the day to approve the breakup of the Religious Affairs Ministry and the regional religious councils.
The cabinet decision also means that authority for the rabbinical courts will be transferred to the Justice Ministry, despite the abject opposition from the NRP. The NRP wants the rabbinical courts and the Chief rabbinate kept together and moved to the Prime Minister's Office.
NRP leader and Housing Minister Effi Eitam responded harshly to the cabinet decision saying, "We are in a serious and unparalleled crisis - Shinui is utilizing secular humanism in an effort to erase Israel's Jewish
identity."
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Deputy minister from the NRP Yitzhak Levi blasted Sharon for his "embarrassing surrender" to Lapid and Shinui's threats. "Shinui is a
heavy-handed faction and it is impossible to conduct a dialogue with them," said Levi.
NRP chairman Shaul Yahalom blasted Shinui for creating a false coalition crisis over the future of the Religious Affairs Ministry when the party's real goal, as he sees it, is to damage Israel's image as a Jewish states and wipe out all religious services.
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/347801.html
Shinui en NRP hebben dus ruzie over dat religieuze gedoe. Maar als de NRP uit de regering stap, dan valt of staat de Sharon regering bij de extreem rechtse National Union. NU is promotor van "de Transfer".
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Staff
Members of the National Religious Party were meeting Wednesday evening to discuss quitting the government in the wake of a cabinet decision earlier in the day to approve the breakup of the Religious Affairs Ministry and the regional religious councils.
The cabinet decision also means that authority for the rabbinical courts will be transferred to the Justice Ministry, despite the abject opposition from the NRP. The NRP wants the rabbinical courts and the Chief rabbinate kept together and moved to the Prime Minister's Office.
NRP leader and Housing Minister Effi Eitam responded harshly to the cabinet decision saying, "We are in a serious and unparalleled crisis - Shinui is utilizing secular humanism in an effort to erase Israel's Jewish
identity."
(...)
Deputy minister from the NRP Yitzhak Levi blasted Sharon for his "embarrassing surrender" to Lapid and Shinui's threats. "Shinui is a
heavy-handed faction and it is impossible to conduct a dialogue with them," said Levi.
NRP chairman Shaul Yahalom blasted Shinui for creating a false coalition crisis over the future of the Religious Affairs Ministry when the party's real goal, as he sees it, is to damage Israel's image as a Jewish states and wipe out all religious services.
(...)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/347801.html
Shinui en NRP hebben dus ruzie over dat religieuze gedoe. Maar als de NRP uit de regering stap, dan valt of staat de Sharon regering bij de extreem rechtse National Union. NU is promotor van "de Transfer".