The Ger rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, heads the largest Hasidic movement in Israel and is the dominant leader on Agudath Israel’s Council of Torah Sages. During the meeting, he did not respond to the proposal, but also did not oppose it.
As part of the initiative proposed by the Satmar billionaire, every yeshiva student would receive legal assistance from a special fund as needed. Landau committed, together with his associates, to provide $1 million for the struggle.