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Shas, UTJ Block Coalition Votes Over Daycare Subsidy

6/15/2026

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Shas and United Torah Judaism will block coalition votes until the daycare subsidies bill is placed on the Knesset agenda.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party opposed the bill, causing the coalition to keep all measures off the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel called the subsidies “backstabbing” of soldiers and said she will work to stop the legislation.

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Story summary

Shas and United Torah Judaism will block coalition votes until the daycare subsidies bill is placed on the Knesset agenda.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party opposed the bill, causing the coalition to keep all measures off the agenda.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel called the subsidies “backstabbing” of soldiers and said she will work to stop the legislation.