This is a sad day for the hareidi-religious Jewish world. This day will be recorded as a dark day for the Jews living in the land of Israel. The government’s abuse of the hareidi-religious minority borders on persecution and cruelty. They have no mandate from the United Nations to run the country this way.
-- MK Meir Porush (UTJ)
I did not know the United Nations was involved in how the Israeli government deals with its internal affairs, and why they should care about how Israel applies its draft laws on its citizens... According to INN, Porush was basing his statement on the old status quo agreement with David Ben Gurion which was to be used to show that the new state would not impinge on the haredi way of life (I never knew this before - you learn something new every day!). Even if that was really some sort of concern of the United Nations back then, I don't see why anyone would think the United Nations would have any care about such a thing 65 years later.
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