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Jul. 19, 2021 5:36 AM
The opposition shot down the coalition’s bill on religious court judges last week, and the media was preoccupied with a marginal issue: the fact that Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy mistakenly voted with the opposition. The focus on this error shows that the media has long been busy with soccer-style commentary in politics – who scored a goal against whom, who scored a goal for the other team by mistake. But this issue is crucial for us.
Since Israel’s establishment, the reactionary rabbinate has controlled all issues of personal status. There’s no civil marriage, and of course no same-sex marriage. After 70 years of this, we can say with certainty that the political establishment wants to continue the rule of the rabbis – in total opposition to the opinion of most of the public.
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