Pressure on those devoted to Torah study is no longer applied indirectly
In the Knesset, we work toward one clear objective, guided by the gedolei Yisrael in this struggle for the soul of the state: securing the status of Torah scholars, who have served as the spiritual shield of the Jewish People in every generation.
Yet we must confront reality honestly. The chareidi public is operating under a dangerous misconception. Many still believe this is merely another political round, sharper than usual, but ultimately solvable through tactical compromise.
That belief is an illusion. The ground has shifted.
This is no longer a technical debate over enlistment targets or budgetary clauses. It is a struggle over legitimacy itself: the legitimacy of a Torah-observant community to exist in Eretz Yisrael on its own terms. The rhetoric of “sharing the burden” is not an end in itself, but a means to a far broader goal: the erosion of the foundations of chareidi life. Those who believe that another political deal can calm the storm are misreading the map. What we are witnessing is not spontaneous hostility, but a calculated and well-orchestrated campaign.
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