From my perspective, the Chief Rabbinate has undergone a difficult process of a hostile takeover by the Haredim.. It stopped being a State institution. Even its kashrut nobody accepts and everyone wants either Badatz or Beit Yosef. Nobody accepts the kashrut of their own institution. There has been a hostile takeover of institutions that were once stately by some Haredim in Israeli society. That's how the genetic testing story came to be. The Rabbanut needs to decide if it is a stately institution or an Inquisition, there is no other comparison. It is racist, demeaning and tramples human dignity... this whole entire system needs to be dismantled: the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Rabbanut - they are all in Haredi hands. The Ministry of Interior must be removed from the hands of Shas and transferred to Zionist parties. I think the Ministry of Religious Affairs as well should not be allowed to be held by the Haredim...
-- MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beyteynu)
Lieberman is really desperate with polls showing his party not getting in.. He sat for years with the Haredi parties in government holding these portfolios and did nothing about it. He also did not do what he said he would do when getting the Defense portfolio. Does anybody think he'll actually do anything about this even if he does get in?
And besides for that, what portfolios would he allow the Haredi parties to hold? They want Haredi integration, but then get upset when the Haredim integrate..
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