Haredi Newspaper 'Yated Ne'eman': The Haredi Public Does Not Belong to the Right or the Left

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The Haredi newspaper 'Yated Ne'eman' said the Haredi public does not belong to the right-wing bloc or the left, but constitutes a "bloc of Torah" only. The message was written close to the swearing-in day of the Knesset, against the backdrop of the crisis over the conscription law. In its editorial, the newspaper wrote that the public is not looking for a political home.

The sharp message was seen in the political system as preparing the ground for future cooperation with figures such as Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Liberman and Yair Golan, and as a warning sign to Prime Minister Netanyahu. The newspaper 'Degel HaTorah' attacked the warnings from the right-wing bloc around the conscription law, writing that the right is no better at all than the left.

The article signals a possible break from the right-wing bloc, and the paper clarified that the Haredi public does not belong to any bloc. The remarks were made at a time when the conscription law remains a central point of dispute.