"The evil versus the lesser evil": In Yisrael Beiteinu they explain the compromise with the Haredim

MK Rafi Ben Shtrit (Yisrael Beiteinu) explains in an interview with 103FM that the compromise with the Haredim is a "lesser evil" given the worse alternatives, and sets demands regarding the conscription law: everyone who does not study enlists, and the outline must pass the test of the High Court of Justice.

In an interview with the 103FM radio program, MK Rafi Ben Shtrit (Yisrael Beiteinu) explained the decision to compromise with the Haredi parties, despite his party's election promises not to join a coalition with them. Ben Shtrit reasoned that the political reality does not allow each side to get everything it wants, and that the alternatives on the table – another election or a government led by Benjamin Netanyahu – are worse. According to him, this is a "lesser evil." Regarding the conscription law, Ben Shtrit set a fundamental demand: everyone who does not study enlists, and the outline must pass the test of the High Court of Justice. The article does not include a response from the Haredi parties.