Whoever Dismantles the Faith Bloc Is Gambling on the Future of the Torah World

Dana Varon warns that dismantling the faith bloc and joining forces with Lieberman, along with Shas's abstention, could burn a historic alliance with the traditional public. She claims the move is made in exchange for promises of a law that is unlikely to survive the High Court, and calls it a wild gamble on the future of the Torah world.

In an opinion column on Channel 14, Dana Varon warns that talk of dismantling the faith bloc and the Haredi parties joining Lieberman, along with Shas's abstention, could burn a historic alliance with the traditional public. According to her, the traditional public is 'the strongest shield of the Torah world' – it respects tradition, loves the Sabbath, and fights for Jewish identity. Varon claims that such a move is made in exchange for promises of a law that is unlikely to survive the High Court, and calls it 'a wild gamble on the future of all of us'. The article does not bring responses from Haredi sources or from Lieberman.