Bnei Brak – A coalition agreement between Shas and Likud was signed late Monday night, making Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri the economics minister and minister of development in the Negev and Galilee.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Deri privately before signing the agreement.
The Shas will also control the Religious Affairs Ministry, but it is unknown which MK will head it. Shas MKs will also serve as deputy finance minister and as chairman of the Knesset education committee.
The Conversion Law will be under the jurisdiction of the prime minister’s office due to pressure from the Jewish Home.
Just saw that the agreement with UTJ includes a reversal of all anti- hareidi items recently introduced. One Billion (with a B) shekels for the yeshivas to be restored, child allowances put back where they were, conversion rules back to where they were, removal of criminal penalties for not serving in the IDF, etc. etc.
Since the agreement with Shas also leaves Bayit Yehudi out of the religious ministry, also, It’s a good chance that here will be no coalition agreement. In that case it goes to elections and with Netanyahu having agreed to all these conditions, Labor wins in the next election.