Haredi fury over Bennett masks their real concern: losing funding

Concern over prospective new PM not so much about losing Jewish character of the state but losing the budget allocation for Haredi interests

Haredi fury over Bennett masks real concern: Their funding will be cut (Jerusalem Post)
HERB KEINON: The concern is less that the Jewish character of the state will disappear, and more the impact of being in the opposition will have on the budget going to the Haredi community.

The madness of Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties (Ynet)
NAHUM BARNEA: What could have pushed Gafni, Litzman and Deri to launch a vicious attack on the likely next prime minister of the State Israel, himself an observant Jew? After all, this is not the first time in recent history that they have found themselves cut off from the government teat

Netanyahu was long appreciated for keeping Israel safe. Now he’s endangering us (Times of Israel)
DAVID HOROVITZ: Desperate to retain power, the prime minister is fomenting domestic hatred with unprecedented vigour, peddling conspiracy theories, ignoring his own security chiefs’ warnings

DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: Netanyahu's greatest achievement was convincing Israel he alone transformed the state (Time)

Photo: Shas leader Arye Deri (right) and UTJ leader Ya'acov Litzman (far left) attend a meeting in Jerusalem (Reuters)