According to Yisrael Beyteynu, the Chief Rabbinate selects its rabbis out of political considerations rather than from a Zionist outlook perspective or from a broad sense of public responsibility. This causes, they say, the public to lose faith in the Rabbinate. And it is absurd that the selection committee of the Rabbinate is chosen by its own people made up of anti-zionist rabbis, with no representation of women and dati leumi representatives.

MK Avigdor Lieberman, head of Yisrael Beyteynu, said that they will submit this proposal to protect the Jewish nature of the State by choosing representatives in the Rabbanut to represent the entire nation and not just the political interests of Shas and UTJ.

I wonder if Lieberman thinks this proposal has even the slightest of chances of being passed...