The activists of the "Jerusalem faction," alongside several zealous Sephardic and Hasidic rabbis and activists, suggested that Gur Hasidism withdraw from Torah Judaism - and establish a party with a strong line against conscription.
According to a report by political commentator Amit Segal, Moti Babchik, the 'strong man' in the central faction of Agudat Israel, met with them late last Thursday night - but rejected the offer.
The advantage for the initiators of the proposal, who are behind the 'Black Color' party: another mandate that will be burned for the right-wing bloc and the haredi parties.
The list of participants in the meeting held at the home of 'Hapeleg' member Eliyahu Goldshtoff: Moti Betzik from Gur Hasidism, son of Rabbi Zion Bo'aron, Rabbi Yitzhak Rabin, Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak and one of the senior rabbis of the Bukharian community in Tel Aviv, Yaakov Chaim Miller, a zealous activist from Hasidism for the Poor, and other activists.
In response to the Haredim 10, Gur Hasidism said: "Members of the new party of the Jerusalem faction and the Sephardic Torah scholars met with Moti Babchik and Hasidic activists and asked for their support.
""Bavchik refused and invited them to join Agudat Israel, while clarifying the position of the Council of Torah Scholars: The party will enact a law that will regulate the status of 'Torah and its art,' without sanctions and without recruitment targets.".
