The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, addressed the question of “Shabbat Square” at noon regarding his planned decrees against Torah scholars and attacked: “There are one hundred and sixty thousand students, this is much more than the Israeli economy can bear.” Watch things.
He said: “There is a big difference between high yeshivot and the kollels that pop up like mushrooms. I would like to mention that there was an original agreement between the man and Ben-Gurion on the subject of ‘his teachings and art’ – they talked about 400 students, today there are one hundred and sixty thousand, that’s much more Can bear, it needs to be put in order. “
Regarding his desire to cut the ultra-Orthodox education budget, the Minister of Finance said: “It is impossible to accept the fact that a large majority of ‘independent education’ and ‘El HaMa’ayan’ do not study for Liva students, even those who study only ostensibly.
“When I look at how we as a country fund, on the one hand, an education that does not actually have LIBA studies there and, on the other hand, fund professional completion for those people, it is a split of personality that is not acceptable to me. My condition for further funding is “full-time” studies of the LIBA.