While the Supreme Court has its ways of knocking down laws passed by the Knesset, and showing them who's the boss, there are times where the persistence of MKs eventually finds a way around the Supreme Court's opposition.
The Supreme Court has already, twice, voided the law granting kollel avreichim funding through a program called "havtachat hachnasa" - guaranteed income. The Supreme Court called it discriminatory due to it being only for avreichim and not for all students.
As part of the coalition agreements from when this government wad formed last year it was agreed to bring back the havtachat hachnasa in a way to circumvent the Supreme Court opposition. After some delays, the issue is finally coming to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation.
So, how will they get it by the Supreme Court this time?
They've made some changes to the law proposal from what the havtachat hachnasa used to be. The current law proposal has qualifying avreichim receiving 2600nis per month. A qualifying avreich will have to have at least one child, will not be disqualified by ownership of a home, and also choosing to not work but learn will not be a disqualifier. And, the law will also give this money to qualifying students, under the same exact terms.
Previously:
- the amount was smaller
- owning a house disqualified one from getting the monthly payment
- one had to have worked and be unemployed or at least somehow tried. This is no longer necessary
- the minimum number of children for qualification used to be 3. It was decided that this number knocks out all students, as students don't have so many kids, even if they are married at all, which itself is rare.
source: Calcalist
If the MKs are so adept at finding ways to circumvent the Supreme Court, they should use their ingenuity more frequently, such as when the Supreme Court opposes the destruction of terrorists homes.
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