Tensions between Gur and Belza over opposition to the conscription law: After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed MK Yisrael Eichler as Deputy Minister of Communications on Thursday, in accordance with a decision by the Rebbe of Belza, Gur's 'central faction' found itself in shock.
""Netanyahu made the school of life for Bevtzik and Goldknoff," wrote political commentator Yaakov Rivlin. "From now on, the three fingers left for the AGO in the vote on the conscription law have almost no meaning.".
Rivlin, who serves as a commentator for 'Bekhila', elaborated, in a post on his X account, on the deterioration of Gur's public status: "The reverse evolution of the 'central faction' in Agudat Israel. When the state was established, it was the leading current in the Haredi public. With the establishment of Shas, it lost control of the Haredi Sephardi public. With the establishment of Degel HaTorah, it lost the Lithuanians.".
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According to him, "In the last two decades, the 'central faction' has lost several times to Shlomi Emunim. In the current term, it controls only two MKs (Porosh and Eichler are making a Sabbath for themselves).
""This week she also lost her influential position in the Council of Torah Scholars. Central? In the words of Segi Nehor.".
