Reached an agreementTonight (Thursday), members of the Likud faction voted in favor of amending the “Dimensions for Education” law only on the condition that the funding be 100% of tuition and not as the coalition proposes, 66% of tuition. In addition, the faction announced that ” There will be a 100% law, which will also apply retroactively to those who serve today. “
The party said that “exceptionally we negotiated with the coalition and proposed to support the” Dimensions for Studies “law in exchange for increasing scholarships to 100% for discharged fighters. Our fighters give 100% and they deserve 100%. Unfortunately, the coalition refused to increase the scholarships. The 100% reservation for the Knesset plenum, an addition that means NIS 50 million, and if the coalition drops the reservation – we will oppose the law. “
In addition, the Likud attacked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and said that he “gave NIS 50 billion to Mansour Abbas and took NIS 50 million to renovate his house in Raanana. But he cynically refuses to give our fighters a 100% scholarship whose total cost is at most NIS 50 million. The shameful spin on their backs. “Of IDF soldiers made by a government that relies on terrorist supporters will not succeed.”
“The Likud faction will oppose all bills of this dangerous government and will work vigorously to overthrow this government and establish a strong government in Israel that will restore security and respect for our fighters and members of the security forces,” the Likud concluded.
After the vote, Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu convened the leaders of the right-wing bloc for a conversation.