United Torah Judaism Chairman Moshe Gafni threatened to vote against the bill to weaken the attorney general’s role, claiming the government’s decision on funding ultra-Orthodox kindergartens was removed from the agenda. Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich announced the decision would not be approved until his party’s representative is included in the Beit Shemesh municipal coalition. The government was supposed to reverse a decision made a year ago stating that if by the start of the upcoming school year most ultra-Orthodox organizations do not submit reports on the seniority of kindergarten teachers they employ, a retroactive budget cut would be made to the funds transferred to them.
