Asher Gold, advisor to the Minister of Education, was quick to respond: "Knesset Member Eichler's words about the Minister of Education are not worthy of being said by a Knesset member, and certainly not by an MK who is observant of Torah and mitzvot. More than they hurt the Minister of Education, they testify to Eichler's limited world of concepts and his moral level.".
""As in the Tzaharonim case, here too his attack was made without checking the facts.
""The decision regarding the school in Beit Shemesh, painful as it may be, was made by the professional echelon of the Ministry of Education, due to a violation of the law and not due to special intervention by the Minister of Education, as evidenced by the court's decision from last night.".
This is already a second-round battle between Education Minister Advisor Asher Gold and MK Israel Eichler.
Last Thursday, Eichler attacked the Minister of Education on the issue of after-school care, saying: "Israel's children must be saved from the claws of predators, in the malicious government, who have not given up on their war on the ultra-Orthodox. The rulers of Gaza have already been forced to agree to a ceasefire against Israeli children in the south of the country. But the Lapid and Piron government continues the war against the Jewish child studying Torah and his ultra-Orthodox parents, without mercy.".
""If the Ministry of Education succeeds in its plan to rob the poor of their daily hot meal from the children of the poor, who need it the most, it should ensure that all after-school budgets are removed from the Ministry of Education and returned to the Ministry of Employment, as in the past.". In response, Gold attacked MK Eichler: "First, the facts: The unfortunate cut in after-school budgets as a result of the fighting affects all Israeli residents who are entitled to it, not just the ultra-Orthodox public. כל זה לא הפריע לאייכלר לשקר לציבור, כפי שהוא עושה פעמים רבות, ולהפיץ שמשרד החינוך לוחם במגזר החרדי. המלחמה היחידה נגד המגזר החרדי, שאייכלר כה רוצה בה, מתנהלת אך ורק בראשו ובהצהרותיו המתלהמות, ומשרתת אותו היטב. "אייכלר מייצג את הפופוליזם מהרמה הנחותה ביותר של העסקונה החרדית הפוליטית".