ultra-orthodox schools - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Fri, 06 Sep 2024 23:46:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png ultra-orthodox schools - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Rift over ultra-Orthodox education funding deepens Israeli coalition woes https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/rift-over-ultra-orthodox-education-funding-deepens-israeli-coalition-woes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rift-over-ultra-orthodox-education-funding-deepens-israeli-coalition-woes Fri, 06 Sep 2024 23:46:37 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=46418 JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, already at odds with coalition partners over demands to draft young religious men into the army, are again testing the unity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government with a challenge over education funding. The latest rift centres on an ultra-Orthodox push for schools in their separate education...

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]]> JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, already at odds with coalition partners over demands to draft young religious men into the army, are again testing the unity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government with a challenge over education funding.

The latest rift centres on an ultra-Orthodox push for schools in their separate education system to receive the same benefits as state-run schools, especially their “New Horizon” programme that adds school hours and sharply hikes teacher pay.

“For a year we have been fighting for the entry of ‘New Horizon’ into ultra-Orthodox institutions. There is no reason for our teachers to be discriminated against,” said ultra-Orthodox Education Minister Haim Biton.

Biton, a member of Shas, one of two Orthodox parties in the right-wing coalition, said they would not quit the government over the issue. But the other ultra-Orthodox party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ), notified the coalition whip that until the funding issue was resolved it would boycott votes in parliament.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rift-over-ultra-orthodox-education-funding-deepens-israeli-coalition-woes-2024-09-06/

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