More leaks from internal Degel meetings have revealed that the Haredi parties basically supported the Nation State Law in exchange for passage of the Draft Law. UTJ wanted the Draft Law resolved and Netanyahu wanted the Nation state law passed. it was an easy and straightforward deal.
The Nation State law is something the Haredi parties would normally oppose, and i practice they really did oppose many parts of it, and other parts of it can come back later to hurt them (supposedly). Yet they supported it. In exchange for the Draft law.
Whether that actually happened or not, I do not know, but Gafni said it did. Members of the Likud criticized Gafni in general, but they also denied the existence of such a deal, so maybe it happened and Likud people are denying it or maybe it didnt happen and Gafni had a reason to claim it did.
Either way, I don't see the big deal with this. This is politics. This is coalition politics. I need your support for what I want to get done, and you need my support for what you want to get done. So we each compromise a bit and make an arrangement. If the Haredi parties want to be a part of the government, that includes some responsibility for playing along and supporting [some] bills that they don't necessarily prefer.
The biggest drama in this is how it will affect the internal politics of UTJ, especially with elections coming. It looks more and more like Degel and Aguda can no longer work together, and the split they have been talking about for a long time might have to happen. Whether the split does or does not happen, all this internal fighting cannot be good for the party..
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