Ultra-Orthodox minister says public should ‘be afraid’ of growing community size

[Scott]

 

 

Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Haim Biton, a minister within the Education Ministry, told a gathering of education officials on Wednesday that the State of Israel has discriminated against the ultra-Orthodox community and has tried to suppress it but that the community’s high birth rates rendered these alleged efforts meaningless.

 

Biton, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, and Education Minister Yoav Kish of Likud, were invited to attend the annual conference for education department directors in municipalities and councils across Israel, held this year in the southern port city of Eilat.

 

Many of the 450 or so people at the event walked out in protest of Biton’s remarks.

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-minister-says-public-should-be-afraid-of-growing-community-size/

 

[Jingthing]

The fact that they don't serve in the IDF and participate only in a limited way in the greater economy is troubling to the majority of Israelis. It makes sense that in the one and only Jewish state that the most extremely religiously observant Jews should have a haven and indeed they do ... but there do need to be limits. If the ultra orthodox were the majority, I don't see how Israel could work as a state and in it's now very important place in the global economy. 

Edited February 10, 2023 by Jingthing