Tamir: Public Schools Take Precedence Over Hareidi System (Israeli Religious Schools)

Arutz 7 ^ | Aug 28, '06 | Hana Levi Julian

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Education Minister (Labor) Yuli Tamir announced her decision on Monday to fund long school days at kindergartens in public schools – but not in the hareidi preschool system.

Tamir told the Knesset Education Committee that the public school system would take priority over non-governmental education associations, most of which are hareidi Orthodox schools.

United Torah Judaism (UTJ) Knesset member Rabbi Moshe Gafne responded angrily to the decision, accusing Tamir of declaring “war against the hareidi Orthodox education system.”

“The former education minister didn’t do this, [Meretz education ministers Shulamit] Aloni and [Yossi] Sarid didn’t do this,” noted Gafne. He asked committee members to recess the meeting until he was able to confer with Shas members. The Sephardic hareidi religious party is a member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Kadima party coalition.

The committee's vote has been postponed to Wednesday at the prime minister`s request.

Coalition talks between UTJ and Kadima ended in a stalemate, leaving UTJ outside the fold. In an effort to entice the party into the coalition, however, Olmert has left the Welfare portfolio open.

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Why would you want little children in state funded schools, period.

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The religious parties are willing to prostitute themselves to receive mere crumbs from one of the most anti-Jewish governments in Israel's history. And they're surprised their schools are being deprived of state support. If you act like a zonah, expect to be treated like one.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )