“I forgot who I was dealing with,” Lapid wrote on Facebook. “I don’t
understand it. It’s not only an obvious lie; he also destroyed the
possibility that we will work with him in the future on issues important
to his constituency.”
Aryeh Deri
The Times of Israel reports:
Related Post: Sefardi Haredi Reportedly Agree To Teach Secular Subjects In Schools.… [Finance Minister Yair] Lapid wrote [on his Facebook account today] that during the course of budget discussions on Monday, Education Minister Shai Piron came to him with a problem: he had realized that a key provision in the budget would completely nix funding to Shas schools, without setting up any immediate alternative.
Lapid and Piron decided together to delay cutting the funding to the Shas school system for six months and called [Sefardi haredi Shas Party chairman Aryeh] Deri to discuss the matter, after which a deal was formulated in which Deri agreed in principle to integrate core curriculum at a later date, and in the meantime Shas schools would continue to receive state funding.
Currently the state provides funding to ultra-Orthodox schools, but does not oversee their operations or determine their study subjects.
According to Lapid, however, Deri used the opportunity “to take us for a ride,” and told reporters that Lapid and Piron had given in to the Shas leaders demands and canceled the planned educational cuts.
“I forgot who I was dealing with,” Lapid wrote on Facebook. “I don’t understand it. It’s not only an obvious lie; he also destroyed the possibility that we will work with him in the future on issues important to his constituency.”…