Litzman threatens: "I'll publish the note which will embarrass Tzipi Livni"

On Motzei Shabbos, chassidish representatives convened in Bnei Brak for a special conference opening campaign headquarters of Agudath Yisrael in the Torah and Chassidus city. The conference was attended by members of Agudath Yisrael MK's - Yaakov Litzman, Menachem Eliezer Moses, Yisrael Eichler, along with future MK Meir Porush.


In his words, MK Yaakov Litzman said that he is considering to publish in the coming days the known note, he is holding in his belongings since the coalition negotiations he had with Tzipi Livni - then Chairman of Kadima - after Olmert's resignation, in which appears the draft agreement with Kadima, confirming Yeshiva budgets - contrary to the claims now.

As for rotation with Degel HaTorah for sixth place on the joint list, Litzman said that he saw no reason to keep it. "If not for Belze Chasidim," he said "Degel HaTorah would not have had two seats in in the תשמ" ט elections."

Litzman also spoke about the issue of recruitment and said that the words of the Vizhnitz Rebbe during Seuda Shlishit on Shabbos, not to report to the recruitment offices - are like ruach hakodesh, because he planned to discuss the issue tomorrow and decide whether to publish a letter stating that the IDF did not keep their promise, and that no one should report to the recruitment at all.

Deputy Education Minister Menachem Eliezer Moses told the audience that last week the Rebbe received severe evidence, including a description of the spiritual hazards in the offices - as opposed to the promises that MKs received.


MK Yisrael Eichler said: "The Haredi public is not aware of the existential threat for the education of the children of Israel. There is a war of ballots at the polls, if we neglect it, we will have to fight in the streets on the right to learn Torah and to teach our children in the Talmudei Torah and Yeshivas. All this is before we have an apartment and employment discrimination will end.

Eichler argued that the haredi public is not aware of the strength of hostility against haredim from all parties. "Jewish Communists closed the Talmud Torah in Russia and the enemies of the Orthodox want to close them here. When Stalin was furious with Christian communists he screamed: Learn from Liberia - section (the Jewish department) at the Communist Party which had managed to close all synagogues and Christian churches still operate.

"Today our situation is worse than the days of Ben Gurion who understood that there is no Jewish state without yeshivas. Like in Russia, the right and left joined together to fight the education of the ultra-Orthodox and deny us the right to live as Jews in our holy land. They request the souls of the young people to pass them from the religion of their fathers."

Eichler accused those who will not vote, because on their responsibility will fall war where Jews will be arrested and harmed by the secular government, trying to recruit yeshiva students and close Talmudei Torah. "No one promises us that, despite the friendship with Bibi that we will be in the next coalition if we don’t have a strong force in the Knesset." He said the draft laws will be decided to one mandate here and there.

Meir Porush, chairman of Agudath Yisrael in Jerusalem, spoke on the spirit of the days after Chanuka and said: "Just like in those days, 'Heroes in the hands of the weak, so today, we the weak against the strong who are threatening to recruit. We will not leave for demonstrations at this stage. But in the future, if we must, we will prove that we can demonstrate as in the past."


Conference facilitator Shlomo Kostolitz, a member of City Council Bnei Barak, finished off and said that the only election headquarters of Agudath Yisrael which is active in the headquarters in Bnei Brak, which has been running for a few weeks. "These weeks we mapped the chassidic public in Bnei Brak," he said. "Every chassidus will bring a representative to make sure all members go to vote."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!