MK Yitzchok Pindrus of United Torah Judaism assured that his party will not topple the government. During an interview with Kol Barama Radio, Pindrus urged chareidi yeshiva students to heed the guidance of gedolim and ignore the IDF’s summons for enlistment.
“I do not know a yeshiva student who asks the Knesset committee what to do if someone tells him to desecrate Shabbos. So, too, yeshiva students do not be turn to me or to the Knesset committee on the matter of enlistment,” he stated. “The gedolei Yisroel have instructed not to respond to the summons, and each person needs to do what halacha dictates.”
On the topic of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussions, Pindrus remarked, “I think that [committee chairman MK Yuli] Edelstein is trying to do professional work. He has already explained that broad consensus does not simply mean with [MK Benny] Gantz, and slammed the Defense Ministry for not behaving in an innocent fashion. I hope that this will be expressed in the discussions.
“The draft orders will not change anything, and will not affect the Torah world. Do you think that everything that the Torah world has will be canceled because of bureaucratic documents? Maximum – the yeshiva students who need to travel will not travel and will remain to study Torah. That is an important thing to learn.”
Addressing the legal battle, Pindrus commented, “The masks have come off and the picture is clear: You see what the Attorney General wants, you see that the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously – even the conservatives are against enlistment. They have only one goal: to bring down the government. And we will not give them that pleasure.”
When questioned about potential successors to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, he responded, “These people in the left-wing bloc, they are people who are bothered by anything that is connected to tradition. We have no reason to go with them, they are not relevant. The problem is not political but legal – Netanyahu did what he could to solve the draft crisis.”
{Matzav.com Israel}