On Thursday, at midnight, the lists for the elections to the 25th Knesset will be closed and until then, Torah Judaism will have to make the decision whether the factions, Degal HaTorah and Agudath Israel, split and run alone or maintain unity and run together.
As of Saturday evening, the parties were unable to reach preliminary understandings and according to all those involved, the talks reached a ‘dead end’. Furthermore, as revealed in ‘Shabbat Square’, the educational institutions of Belza received the documents to join the new education outline, in order to be prepared if the talks do not reach an agreement.
The Shabbat Square has learned that in recent days, Agudath Israel officials have begun to negotiate with Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri, in cooperation with MK Haim Biton, in order to try and add Hasidic educational institutions to the Bnei Yosef network. .
Initially there was opposition from the Shas, but on Friday progress began in the talks and according to those involved in the negotiations, the parties hired the lawyers Uri Kider and Avi Blum to try and overcome the legal difficulties that exist in combining ‘Belza’ with ‘Bnei Yosef’.
According to a senior member of the Hasidim, in a conversation with the Shabbat Square: “In the current situation, it is difficult to reach an agreement with Degal HaTorah, almost impossible. We are racing toward an independent run by the ultra-Orthodox factions. The only solution that currently seems realistic is to join the Bnei Yosef, no It is clear to what extent it is technically practical, but we are making the effort.”